District leaders tell the California State Board of Education that educators regularly use interims to improve student learning On May 9, educators from Val Verde Unified School District (Riverside County, Calif.) told the California State Board of Education that its …
An analysis of 2017 test scores from Smarter Balanced member states found no technical issues with the assessment, Smarter Balanced announced today. The results of the analysis were affirmed by the Smarter Balanced Technical Advisory Committee and by the Center …
Time-saving tool links interim assessment results with teaching resources in the Digital Library to optimize student learning Can you ever have too much of a good thing when it comes to enhancing teaching? We don’t think so. Since releasing the …
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 an ambitious goal? They …
(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 …
Smarter Balanced prides itself on innovation and accessibility. All students should have the ability to show what they know and can do on the highest quality assessment system in the nation. Smarter Balanced and Desmos are proud to provide calculators …
Monday, it was announced that South Dakota public high school seniors who earned a Level 3 or 4 on their Smarter Balanced 11th grade math and English language arts tests would receive “guaranteed general acceptance into the state’s public universities …
Elizabeth Min, who just finished her junior year at Decatur High School in Federal Way, Wash., recently wrote an opinion piece about the value of Smarter Balanced in Federal Way Mirror newspaper. Wrote Min: “Taking tests can be challenging, but the …
Nearly 60 educators from around the nation met for three days last week in Denver for a “spring cleaning” of the Digital Library and its nearly 3,000 resources. By the end, educators who attended the State Network of Educators Workshop were able …
In his review of the 2016-17 school year, Gary Pfleuger, superintendent of Boundary County School District 101 in Idaho, mentions his district’s use of Smarter Balanced interim assessments, and how the periodic tests helped students perform better on the year-end …
