In a recent critique of Smarter Balanced's online practice tests for mathematics, educational consultant Steven Rasmussen argues that the assessments are "a quagmire of poor technological design." ...

As parents across the state open the envelopes containing their children’s scores on the new Smarter Balanced assessments administered last spring, only a third of them will see that their children ...

The Smarter Balanced test will be given in April and May to students in grades three through eight, measuring their reading, math, writing, listening, research and thinking skills.

What is Common Core Mathematical Practice Standard 5? “ Use appropriate tools strategically.” Not on this question! Mathematical Practice Standard 6 states that “mathematically proficient students try ...

In a 34-page report, Rasmussen dissects multiple questions from Smarter Balanced practice tests that are supposed to resemble what students encounter when they sit down to computer terminals this ...

Ten years later, 45 percent of 3rd-graders and 60 percent of 5th-graders scored at a proficient level. There was a similar pattern in math. And in 2015-16, more districts administered interim Smarter ...

This spring, students throughout Clark County and across Washington will take a new standardized test called the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Eleventh-graders and students in third through eighth grad ...

North Clackamas schools turned in some strong performances in reading and writing, but overall math performance was close to state average - disappointing for a district that has less child ...

T he Smarter Balanced Assessment scores were finally released by the NH Department of Education after months of keeping them secret, and the results weren’t good.. By using a computer adaptive ...

Based on field testing of Smarter Balanced tests in 21 states last year, for example, it’s estimated that only about a third of students in most grade levels will demonstrate proficiency in math.

GREENWICH — For the most part, Greenwich schools saw the percentage of students earning mastery scores on the Smarter Balanced math and English Language Arts assessments increase from 2022-23 to ...