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HSPE Basic Information
High School Proficiency Exam
Formerly known as WASL
Prepared by: Jeni McAnally, Literacy Specialist VPS
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Reading HSPE – Testing Session One 120 minute session Extended time available for ALL students
requiring extra time Extra time ends at the end of the school
day
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Reading HSPE – Passages There are FIVE reading passages in the
exam. Informational, literary, and poetic reading
passages are represented
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Reading HSPE - Items There are 40 questions (“items”) on the
exam 35 multiple choice items Five short answer items Of the 40 questions, six are “pilot” items (mixed
multiple choice and short answer) and are NOT calculated in the student’s score
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Reading HSPE - Scoring Multiple choice items (35) are worth one
point each (80% of total score) Short answer items (5) are worth two points
each (20% of total score) Total possible score 45 After pilot items are removed, the score is
calculated for a total possible score of 525
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Reading HSPE – Ranges Level 4: 427-525 Level 3: 400-426 Level 2: 375-399 Level 1: 225-374
Pass
Fail
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Writing HSPE – Testing Session Two Testing Sessions
One 120 minute testing session for expository essay on one day
One 120 minute testing session for persuasive essay on the next day
Extended time available for ALL students requiring extra time
Extra time ends at the end of the school day
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Writing HSPE – Modes One expository essay
Students write an essay intended to explain a concept to a reader
One persuasive essay Students write an essay intended to persuade a
reader to do or believe something
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Writing HSPE – Scoring Content, Organization, and Style – 4 points
On the six trait rubric, COS encompasses Ideas and content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency.
Conventions – 2 points This accounts for indentation, spelling,
punctuation, and grammar
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Writing HSPE – Scoring (cont.)Expository4 (COS)+ 2 (Con)
6 possible points
Double Scored = 12 possible points for expository
Persuasive4 (COS)+ 2 (Con)
6 possible points
Double Scored = 12 possible points for expository
24 points possible
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Writing HSPE – Ranges Level 4: 21-24 Level 3: 17-20 Level 2: 13-16 Level 1: 0-12
Pass
Fail
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Writing HSPE – Do The Math Writers who are weak in
conventions must be STRONG in COS. Let’s look at an example. Let’s say… Both essays score a 3 on
COS and a 1 on Conventions
4 points by two readers for two tests = 16
16 is NOT PASSING
Writers who are weak in COS must be STRONG in Conventions. Let’s look at another example. Let’s say… Both essays score a 2 on
COS and a 2 on Conventions
4 points by two readers for two tests = 16
16 is NOT PASSING
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Writing HSPE – Do The Math Writers who are weak
in COS must be STRONG in conventions. Let’s look at another example. Let’s say… Both essays score a 2 on
COS and a 2 on CON 4 points by two readers
for two tests = 16 16 is NOT PASSING