Iowa one of 31-State Consortium Awarded RTTT Assessment Grant

At the October 5 HAA meeting, Kevin Fangman, Interim Director of the Iowa Department of Education, shared that the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) was awarded a $160 million Race To the Top assessment grant. Iowa is one of the states associated with the 31-state SBAC. Click here to download the press release of the announcement and an explanation of how the federal funds will be used.