Hawaii State Assessment

Purpose of HSA

The Hawai‘i State Assessment website allows the Hawai‘i State Department of Education to share information about the assessment program. The website also provides tools that will help you to better understand testing and how it relates to state standards. You can also find out how to volunteer to help our students.

Visit the Hawai‘i Quarterly Website

Hawaii Quarterly AssessmentsThe Hawai‘i Quarterly website allows you to view quarterly assessments, see samples of student responses associated with item-specific rubrics, and use the scorer training system.

Access the Hawai‘i TIDE System

TIDETIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine) allows test coordinators to order test materials for their respective schools for a specific test administration.  In addition, this system provides detailed status reports on orders to designated state personnel.

What Students Should Know & Be Able To Do

What Students Should Know and DoIf you choose a specific test administration, you will see descriptions of expectations, cut score ranges at each performance level, and explanations of each content standard.

See Released Items

See released ItemsIf you choose a specific test administration, you will see actual questions from tests that Hawai‘i students have already taken.

Try Released Items

Try Released ItemsIf you choose a specific test administration, you can try actual questions from previous tests and see how possible answers would be scored.