This document outlines the test and item specifications for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for tenth grade reading. The purpose of this test is to measure Washington tenth grade students' level of proficiency in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements in reading. The reading test described in the document contains literary, informational, and task-oriented reading selections. The document lists strands and learning targets such as: reading for literary experience; and reading to learn new information and to perform tasks. It explains the selection and distribution of reading passages and test items. A reading test map includes a listing of text types/strands; number of reading selections; and numbers of words per passage. The document describes test and item scoring and outlines some general considerations. An addendum describes the scoring of open-ended items. The items specifications explain that the test items were developed to ask students to demonstrate that they can comprehend important ideas and details in a text and that they can analyze, interpret, and think critically about a text. The document lists short answer and extended response item rules, and includes examples of learning targets, stimulus attributes, and item descriptions. (PM)