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Indiana’s Assessment Woes

October 12, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette highlights in a recent editorial the testing woes that Indiana currently faces that include a problem with the new vendor.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: American Institutes for Research, Data Recognition Corporation, Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette, indiana, Indiana Department of Education, Smarter Balanced

Rival Testing Vendors Could Lead to Smarter Balanced Meltdown

May 7, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

A blame game is being played after Nevada experienced a colossal failure with their delivery of the Smarter Balanced Assessment statewide.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: American Institutes for Research, common core assessments, Measured Progress, Smarter Balanced

Who is In and Who Is Out of Common Core Assessment Consortia

February 5, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Common Core Assessment Consortia count: Smarter Balanced – 22 members, PARCC – 14 members, with 17 states not belonging to either consortia.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: ACT, American Institutes for Research, Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, common core assessments, CTB/McGraw Hill, Data Recognition Corporation, Measured Progress, PARCC, Pearson, Smarter Balanced

Florida’s New Testing Contractor Has Ties to Smarter Balanced, PARCC

March 18, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Yesterday Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart announced that Florida would be working with the American Institutes for Research to replace the FCAT.  Florida had pulled out of PARCC as the fiscal agent, and there was discussion in the state of still implementing the assessment in Florida. Instead they chose AIR. I did a quick search […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: American Institutes for Research, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Pam Stewart, PARCC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

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