Welcome to the WUHS Testing Page! Here you will find information on the major tests given throughout the school year. If you have any questions about the information on this site, please contact the Testing Coordinator, Katie Moreno at 758-7400, x.51302 or kamoreno@wascohsd.org.
Fall College Prep Test Day
The SAT and PSAT WILL BE GIVEN ON . . . dates coming soon!
The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is a program cosponsored by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation. For many students, the PSAT/NMSQT is the fist official step on the road to college. It assesses the skills developed through years of study in a wide range of courses, as well as through those experience outside the classroom. Testing students before eleventh grade allows them more time to develop the skills reported on their personalized PSAT/NMSQT Score Report and in My College QuickStart-Skills that are needed for academic success in both high school and college.
For more information, visit the CollegeBoard website.
AP Exams
AP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN . . . dates coming soon!
The Advanced Placement Program is a cooperative education endeavor between secondary schools, colleges and universities. It has provided motivated high school students with the opportunity to take college-level courses in a high school setting. Students who participate in the Program not only gain college-level skills, but in many cases they also earn college credit while they are still in high school. AP courses are taught by dedicated and enthusiastic high school teachers who follow course guidelines developed and published by the College Board.
Fore more information, visit the CollegeBoard website.
SBAC/CAASPP/CAST
State Testing will take place the week of . . . dates coming soon!
The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments, which are delivered by computer, consist of two sections: a computer-adaptive test and a performance task (PT) based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA and mathematics. The computer adaptive section includes a range of item types, such as selected response, constructed response, table, fill-in, graphing, and so forth. The PTs are extended activities that measure a student’s ability to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards—a key component of college and career readiness.
The CAST is aligned with the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS). All students must take the CAST once in high school (i.e., grade ten, eleven, or twelve). The CAST includes stand-alone or discrete items and Performance Tasks (PT). The discrete item types consist of selected response, constructed response, table, fill-in, graphing, and so forth. The PTs measure a student’s ability to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards through extended activities.The California State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the CA NGSS in September 2013. The CAST census field test took place in 2018, and the first operational test was administered in 2019.
For more information, visit CAASPP FAQs and CAST FAQs.