In a recent critique of Smarter Balanced’s online practice tests for mathematics, educational consultant Steven Rasmussen argues that the assessments are “a quagmire of poor technological design, poor ...

As expected, the standardized test scores parents are accustomed to seeing for their child’s school have plunged as the state implements a harder test aligned with the controversial Common Core State ...

As the results of the SBAC Common Core testing across the nation are made public, the backlash from parents could possibly be severe and felt in every state as well as by the Department of Education ...

This spring, tests developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will be administered to well over 10 million students in 17 states to determine their proficiency on the Common Core ...

Fewer Connecticut public school students are reading at grade level and slightly more are competent in math according to state’s 2017 standardized test results released on Friday. Preliminary numbers ...

If Eli Luberoff had his way, no student would need to buy handheld graphing calculators. For nearly a decade, the founder and CEO of Desmos has been building a free alternative that works on web ...

GREENWICH — Students in Greenwich Public Schools performed better than their peers statewide and better than their predecessors on the state’s standardized tests, scores released Thursday show. The ...

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On the first administration of the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) in 2015, less than one-third of students in Norwich Public Schools met or exceeded expectations in English language arts, and less ...

This spring, students throughout Clark County and across Washington will take a new standardized test called the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Eleventh-graders and students in third through eighth ...

Talking about the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium is one thing. Actually taking the test is another. For juniors at Conard High in West Hartford, it's SBAC literacy this week, SBAC math next ...

The sometimes controversial Smarter Balanced tests used to measure how well Oregon students are meeting Common Core English and math standards do an outstanding job of measuring the right skills in ...