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 […]
Will the Common Core Lead to a Common Calendar?
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 […]
S.C. State Senator Mike Fair Warns About Common Core Testing
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 […]
Breaking News: Utah State Board of Education Votes to Pull Out of SBAC
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 […]
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