Smarter Balanced also released performance tasks, which are described as "extended classroom-based activities" that students will also be expected to tackle as part of its assessment system.

One of the state groups designing tests for the common standards released a flurry of sample items today that offer an idea of what the assessments might look like. The 26 new items came out of ...

A small group of states wants to use PARCC and Smarter Balanced test items to make their own assessments. One has reached out to federal officials for clarification that test items should be ...

Santa Clara, CA, Nov. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smarter Balanced achieved certification from IMS Global Learning Consortium to make available its test item content in the new Question and Test ...

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has finally released the “interim assessments” schools can use to gauge how well their students are doing in math and English language arts instruction ...

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium provided a sneak peek for their final computer-adaptive tests in early October, tests to be administered to roughly 25 percent of the country’s grade 3-8 and ...

Delivered entirely online, the Smarter Balanced assessment offers significant improvements over multiple choice, paper-and-pencil tests of the past. Students now have the opportunity to ...

The first results from the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test are in and, although Connecticut students’ scores were lower than in previous years, it has set a good foundation on… ...

PARCC and Smarter Balanced provide further accommodations for students with Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs, or Section 504 plans by providing test content translated into American Sign ...

Mathematical Practice Standard 6 states that “mathematically proficient students try to communicate precisely to others.” It’s too bad the Smarter Balanced tests do not heed this Common Core call. A ...

Students across St. Charles County have wrapped up the annual Missouri Assessment Program test, but that wasn't the only performance assessment some took this year. Out with MAP, in with Smarter ...

Smarter Balanced also released performance tasks, which are described as "extended classroom-based activities" that students will also be expected to tackle as part of its assessment system.