More States Using Transition Courses to Increase Readiness

Education Week covered the continuing issue of students taking remedial, or high school-level courses, when they enter college. Many states are moving to 12th grade transition courses in math and English language arts to help increase students’ readiness. Read the full story here. Seven Smarter Balanced states uses transition courses. In most states, if a student scores…

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Smarter Balanced Seeks New Fiscal Agent

Recently, the University of California at Los Angeles informed the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium it will no longer serve as our fiscal agent. Our three-year agreement ends on June 30, 2017. What does that mean? See the facts below. There will be no interruption in service to Smarter Balanced members. This is a behind-the-scenes administrative…

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