The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI is the state education agency

State education agency

A state education agency , or state department of education, is a formal governmental label for the state-level government agencies within each U.S...

 for the State of Washington. The agency is bound by the Washington State Legislature

Washington State Legislature

The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bipartisan, bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators.The State Legislature...

 to implement state laws regarding education, including the 1993 education reform act which mandated the controversial WASL

Washington Assessment of Student Learning

The Washington Assessment of Student Learning was a standardized educational assessment system given as the primary assessment in the state of Washington from spring 1997 to summer 2009. The WASL was also used as a high school graduation examination beginning in the spring of 2006 and ending in 2009...

 standards based assessment. The current Superintendent of Public Instruction is Randy Dorn.

The agency is headquartered in the Old Capitol Building in Olympia

Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...

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External links

• Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction official website.