District News

The classroom lights were dim and students were comfortably seated in the front of the room, fully engrossed in their teacher’s reading of The Wind in the Willows.

Large sheets of paper line the room, filled with colorful Post-It notes containing questions, suggestions and creative ideas. Participants of varying ages and roles are huddled in small table groups throughout the room—pouring over data, maps and charts.

Last spring, Lake Stevens School District’s (LSSD) third- through eighth-graders and 10th-graders took the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) in English Language Arts (ELA) and math.