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Wyoming Leaves Smarter Balanced

May 3, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Wyoming Department of Education announced that they are leaving the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium in order to procure a new assessment.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, Jillian Balow, Smarter Balanced, Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Education

Will the Iowa Legislature Block Smarter Balanced?

April 19, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Iowa Legislature is on the verge of passing an education appropriations bill that doesn’t fund Smarter Balanced, but doesn’t block it either.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Iowa, Iowa Legislature, Iowa State Board of Education, Smarter Balanced

As Spring Testing Approaches More Want Common Core Tests Nixed

March 16, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

A local school board in Southern New Jersey and the state teacher’s union in Delaware want to put an end to their state’s use of Common Core assessments.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, Delaware, Delaware State Education Association, Ginny Murphy, New Jersey, PARCC, Smarter Balanced, Washington Township Public School District

A Common Core Bill Passes West Virginia House

March 1, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 4014, a bill that would review and revise Common Core, on Friday by a 73 to 20 vote margin.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Common Core review, Common Core State Standards, HB 4014, Smarter Balanced, West Virginia, West Virginia House, West Virginia Senate

We Still Are Not Seeing Apples to Apples Comparisons From States

February 22, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Even though we were promised a real comparison between states with Common Core and its aligned assessments that has been far from the case.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, PARCC, Proficiency, Smarter Balanced, Washington Post

Fordham Institutes’s PARCC v. MCAS Report Falls Short

February 17, 2016 By truthinamed

Fordham Institute’s report on PARCC v. MCAS reads more like propaganda and lacks the basic elements of objective research.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: ACT Aspire, Fordham Institute, MCAS, PARCC, Pioneer Institute, Smarter Balanced

Vermont State Ed Board: Smarter Balanced Has Narrow Definition of “College and Career Ready”

November 6, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Vermont State Board of Education in a letter to parents this week says “college and career ready has been too narrowly defined by Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: common core assessments, Smarter Balanced, Vermont, Vermont State Board of Education

Idaho State BOE Approves Two Assessment Waivers

October 22, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Idaho State Board of Education voted on Wednesday to waive two requirements regarding the current Idaho Standards Achievement Test (Smarter Balanced).

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: common core assessments, Idaho Standards Achievement Test, Idaho State Board of Education, Smarter Balanced

Deposition Shows How Much We Are in the Dark About Smarter Balanced

October 1, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The deposition of Sue Ellen McGuire, the county’s assessment director, in Delk v. Ohio County BOE shows how little we know about Smarter Balanced.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: David Delk, Delk vs. Ohio County Board of Education, Ohio County (WV) Schools, Smarter Balanced, Sue Ellen McGuire, West Virginia

Less Than Half of California Students Pass Smarter Balanced

September 10, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Less than half of all California students pass the Smarter Balanced Assessments that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards last school year.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: California, Common Core State Standards, Smarter Balanced

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