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.

While Smarter Balanced works well in the earlier grades, the SAT is the more practical exam for 11th grade students. Smarter Balanced provides college-readiness data informing course placement for ...

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 ...

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium put out a request for proposal today seeking a partnership to create a test that both measures standards-mastery and can be used for college admissions.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO — Results from California's 2022 Smarter Balanced test have revealed that students performed significantly worse than they did before the pandemic. The shift to remote learning was an ...

Since California started using Smarter Balanced assessments in 2015, the majority of students have only met state standards once — in 2019, and even then, only in English language arts.

Today, Smarter Balanced announced a new initiative to develop measurement-focused principles and guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in educational assessments. With experience ...

By Thomas Peele, EdSource. In a change of an earlier position, the California Department of Education will release Smarter Balanced test scores next month and not wait to incorporate them into ...