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Smarter Balanced Assessments Beginning in 2014-15

Smarter Balanced Assessments Beginning in 2014-15. Quarterly Update Meeting November 13, 2012. Why change Assessment Systems?. The Common Core State Standards have been adopted as the South Carolina standards in ELA and mathematics Current assessments are not aligned to these standards

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Smarter Balanced Assessments Beginning in 2014-15

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  1. Smarter Balanced AssessmentsBeginning in 2014-15 Quarterly Update Meeting November 13, 2012

  2. Why change Assessment Systems? • The Common Core State Standards have been adopted as the South Carolina standards in ELA and mathematics • Current assessments are not aligned to these standards • The State Board of Education has adopted the assessments being developed by theSmarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

  3. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Assessment System • Group of states working together to develop assessments to be administered beginning in the 2014-15 school year • Aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) • Measure progress toward college- and career-readiness • English language arts/literacy and mathematics • Grades 3-8 and 11 • Computer Adaptive Tests

  4. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Assessment System • Formative Assessment Tools • Resources for teachers • Interim Assessments • Optional • Same scale as summative assessments • Summative Assessments • Computer adaptive tests • Performance tasks

  5. Types of Assessments Formative Assessment Tools School Year Interim Assessments Interim Assessments Summative Assessments

  6. Testing Schedule • Small Scale Trials - completed • October 15 to November 2, 2012 • Small sample of schools from each governing state • Pilot Testing • February – May, 2013 • Representative sample from each state selected for data analyses • All remaining schools in consortium states invited to participate

  7. Testing Schedule (continued) • Field Testing • Spring 2014 • All Smarter states participate • Statewide Administration • Spring 2015 • Operational administration in all Smarter states

  8. http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

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