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.

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 ...

The Smarter Balanced consortium will present only one performance task each in math and literacy, in addition to multiple-choice and other items. Testing Group Scales Back Performance Items ...

This week, the Oregon Department of Education released results from the 2015 Smarter Balanced tests. For full results, check out The Oregonian/OregonLive's searchable database. And to get smart ...

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 ...

Parents across California will soon find out how their children performed on Smarter Balanced tests aligned with Common Core standards in math and English language arts.. A key change this year is ...

Sample Smarter Balanced exams are available online here. More information about adaptive abilities is available here. The Iowa Assessment Task Force report can be found here.

Smarter Balanced tests, although heavily criticized by Oregon's teachers union and some parents, are judged by a teacher-dominated research team to be high in quality and better than almost any ...

Smarter Balanced’s 11th-grade math test, which covers a wide range of skills and knowledge over several high school courses, also doesn’t measure all of the Common Core standards. The most outspoken ...

Beginning this month, Hawaii public school students in grades 3-8 and 11 will start taking a new state assessment that better informs educators on each child's progress toward being ready for ...

Both Common Core and Smarter Balanced tests represent a broad transformation for education. Washington state adopted Common Core in 2011 with little fanfare, joining more than 40 other states.

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.