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Oregon’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Scores Drop

September 20, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Oregon schools showed a drop in proficiency in math and ELA as last school year’s Smarter Balanced Assessment scores were released.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: ACT, Every Student Succeeds Act, Oregon, Oregon Plan, Smarter Balanced

SAT Will Replace Smarter Balanced for West Virginia’s High School Juniors

September 15, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

High school juniors in West Virginia will take the SAT college entrance exam instead of the Smarter Balanced Assessment starting in Spring of 2018.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: ACT, college entrance exams, SAT, Smarter Balanced, West Virginia Department of Education

Oregon Drops Smarter Balanced for High School

May 19, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Oregon Department of Education confirmed that they will no longer use Smarter Balanced for 11th Grade, but will continue using it in 3rd-8th Grades

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: college entrance exams, common core assessments, Oregon, Oregon Department of Education, PARCC, Smarter Balanced

Iowa Senate Poised to Vacate Decision to Use Smarter Balanced

March 28, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Iowa Senate may vote to vacate a decision by the Iowa State Board of Education to use Smarter Balanced in place of a new assessment to be ready by 2018.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2017 Bills, Iowa Assessments, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Senate, SF 240, Smarter Balanced

The Cost of Smarter Balanced for One Iowa School District

December 22, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Carroll Community School District in Western Iowa says switching to Smarter Balanced represents an increase of $25K to the district’s assessment costs.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Carroll Community School District, Common Core State Standards, Iowa Assessments, Next Generation Science Standards, Rob Cortes, Smarter Balanced

2017 Will Bring More Opportunity to Repeal Common Core in Iowa

December 19, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The 2017 Iowa Legislative Session brings opportunities to attack Common Core in Iowa with upcoming changes in the Iowa Legislature and Governor’s office.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Amy Sinclair, Common Core, Iowa, Iowa Legislature, Kim Reynolds, Next Generation Science Standards, Smarter Balanced, Terry Branstad, Walt Rogers

The Problem with An Interstate Test Item Bank Cooperative

December 12, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

An interstate test item cooperative may provide states some flexibility for developing assessments, but right now they would Common Core-aligned assessments.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: American Enterprise Institute, common core assessments, Interstate Test Bank Item Cooperative, Nat Malkus, PARCC, Smarter Balanced

Smarter Balanced Needs a New Fiscal Agent

October 19, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

UCLA has decided it will no longer act as a fiscal agent for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium when its current three-year agreement ends.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Smarter Balanced, UCLA

Common Core Assessment Consortia Membership Drops by 62%

July 14, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Since 2010 PARCC and Smarter Balanced have seen their consortia’s membership go from 58 member states and territories to 22.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Education Next, PARCC, Smarter Balanced

Oregon School Board Encourages Opt-Out of Smarter Balanced

June 14, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Springfield School District school board in Oregon voted for a resolution that encourages parents to opt their children out of Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, Jonathan Light, Oregon, Smarter Balanced, Springfield School District

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