State and National Assessments
West Virginia General Summative Assessment (WVGSA)
All students in grades 3-8 and Grade 11 take the summative assessment.
Grades 3-8
McDowell County Spring 2022 Testing Dates: 4/28/2025- 5/23/2025
The West Virginia General Summative Assessment (WVGSA) for students in grades 3-8 is an online summative test given toward the end of the school year to measure student performance on the state’s content standards, which provide clear, consistent guidelines for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level.
Students in grades 3-8 are assessed in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics. Students in grades 5 and 8 also are assessed in science.
WVGSA for Grades 3-8 is completely online. Students test over multiple days, usually taking one test per day. WVGSA for Grades 3-8 is computer-adaptive, which means that the questions provided by the testing system will change based on how a student answered a previous question, so that the system can measure more precisely what a student knows and is able to do. For more information on the scale scores and standard setting process, visit the WVDE website.