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U.S. Department of Education Still Hasn’t Approved Utah SBAC Withdrawal

October 29, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

The Utah State Board of Education voted to leave the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) back in early August.  As a refresher here is the exit process dictated by the SBAC governance document: A state requesting an exit from the Consortium must submit in writing its reasons for the exit request, The written explanation must […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, U.S. Department of Education, Utah State Board of Education

Will the Common Core Lead to a Common Calendar?

October 29, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Last night during our Truth in American Education participant conference call somebody had a great question.  Will the Common Core with its requisite assessments move states to a common calendar as well?  Neither Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) or Partnership of Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) have stated when tests will be […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: PARCC, Partnership of Assessments of Rediness for College and Careers, SBAC membership, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

S.C. State Senator Mike Fair Warns About Common Core Testing

September 28, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

South Carolina State Senator Mike Fair (R-Greenville) wrote an op/ed for The State where he warned that South Carolina could regret their new student testing scheme via the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) that accompanies the state’s adoption and implementation of the Common Core State Standards. He writes: We belong to a consortium of states […]

Filed Under: SBAC Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Mike Fair, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Breaking News: Utah State Board of Education Votes to Pull Out of SBAC

August 3, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

The Utah State Board of Education’s meeting today had common core testing on the agenda.  Sources tell me that the Board has voted to pull out of their testing consortium – the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC).  SBAC had received Race to the Top funding in order to provide assessments based on the Common Core […]

Filed Under: SBAC Tagged With: common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, SBAC membership, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, U.S. Department of Education, Utah State Board of Education

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