Collaboration, Connections and Digital Library Resources, Oh My!

NOTE: The Smarter Balanced Digital Library was decommissioned. Please visit Tools for Teachers, the new home for instructional resources and professional learning. Educators from around the nation collaborate to connect resources in the Digital Library to interim assessments Teachers are crazy productive. So what happens when you bring 70 educators together over a three-day period and give them…

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Smarter Balanced Strategic Plan: Maintaining Quality, Exploring Innovation

(FEBRUARY 1, 2018) During a yearlong process, Smarter Balanced member states collaborated to build a five-year Strategic Plan that guides the Consortium to maintain its high-quality assessment system while also continuing to innovate and evolve in response to a changing education landscape. The Strategic Plan 2017-2022 can be downloaded here. Based on conversations with a wide variety of stakeholders, Consortium…

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