Cheney uses more than Smarter Balance

Much has been made — and sometimes not too positive — in the media about K-12 students academic progress, or in some cases lack thereof, as measured through the national Smarter Balance Assessment methods.

When it comes to determining how well their students are learning, Cheney School District officials seek a different path, or more accurately, paths to augment the national assessment.

According to results from the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and the WAKIDS inventory of skills given to kindergartners, Cheney students met, and in most cases exce...