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West Virginia to Move Away From Smarter Balanced

February 21, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The West Virginia Board of Education has voted to discontinue its use in the Mountain State, as well as, reduce the amount of testing they require.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Smarter Balanced Assessments, West Virginia Board of Education, West Virginia Department of Education

South Dakota Judge Rules Against Parents in Common Core Lawsuit

June 22, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

A circuit court judge found that the state of South Dakota did not violate any state or federal laws when adopting Common Core and Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Dennis Daugaard, Mark Barnett, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, South Dakota

Thomas More Law Center Sues South Dakota Over Common Core

November 18, 2015 By truthinamed

The Thomas More Law Center filed a third lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state’s implementation of Common Core and Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Amber Mauricio, Common Core State Standards, Dennis Daugaard, Shelli Grinager, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, South Dakota

Idaho Businessmen Suing State Over Smarter Balanced

September 30, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Idaho Business Alliance, a group of conservative businessmen, is planning to sue the state of Idaho over the state’s involvement with Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Idaho, Idaho Business Alliance, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Washington State Joins Common Core Fight

February 18, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Washington State Senators introduce a bill, SB 6030, that would effectively withdraw the State of Washington from the Common Core and Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2015 Bills, Bob Hasegawa, Brian Dansel, common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, John McCoy, Marilyn Chase, Mark Miloscia, Mike Padden, Pam Roach, SB 6030, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Washington, Washington Senate

Common Core Repeal Bill Being Considered in North Dakota House

February 3, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The North Dakota House is considering a bill, HB 1461, that would withdraw the state from Smarter Balanced and repeal the Common Core State Standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2015 Bills, Bill Bowman, Blair Thoreson, Common Core State Standards, Dan Ruby, Dick Dever, Don Vigessa, HB 1461, Jim Kasper, Keith Kempenich, Mark Dosch, North Dakota, Oley Larsen, Rich Becker, Roscoe Streyle, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Wesley Belter

Smarter Balanced Gets a Foothold in Washington State Universities

October 9, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Education Week reported that state universities in Washington will use Smarter Balanced Assessment for 11th graders in their course placement decisions. The announcement is significant because it puts teeth into the most pivotal claim of the common-core initiative: that a “college ready” score on consortium tests means a student is prepared to perform well in […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Missouri Activists Sue State of Missouri Over Common Core Payments

September 18, 2014 By truthinamed

Gretchen Logue  and Anne Gassel  of the Missouri Coalition Against Common Core have joined Fred N. Sauer in filing a taxpayer lawsuit against Governor Nixon, Commissioner Nicastro, and other state officials.  The lawsuit challenges Missouri’s payment of taxpayer money to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a consortium of states that is implementing tests aligned to […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Fred N. Sauer, Gretchen Logue, Jay Nixon, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core, press releases, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Standards Rustling and Rebranding

August 2, 2014 By J.R. Wilson

We have now seen at least three distinct styles of rebranding of the Common Core State Standards.  There may be other styles as well as variations of one or more of these styles. You will likely recognize at least one, if not all three of these styles.  It is possible your state matches one of […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, PARCC, Rebranding, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Smarter Balanced Contractor Suffers Data Breach

May 20, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Education Week reports that the American Institute for Research suffered a data breach earlier this month: After one of the organization’s servers was hacked, the sensitive personal information of as many as 6,500 current and former employees, including Social Security numbers and personal credit card information, was compromised, an AIR spokesman confirmed during an interview […]

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: American Institute for Research, Common Core State Standards, Larry McQuillan, PARRC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

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