For the second year in a row, most Los Angeles Unified students — with the exception of 11th graders — won’t be taking the Smarter Balanced standardized test that’s usually mandated by the state each ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room California schools will be expected to administer Smarter Balanced and other statewide tests this spring, but districts can select ...

Changing its earlier position, the California Department of Education will release Smarter Balanced test scores next month and not wait to incorporate them into other data as planned, a department ...

A reader objects to the use of this photograph to illustrate an editorial critical of the Portland School Board's protest against the new Smarter Balanced exams. (Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian) ...