Districts Invited to Participate in Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Pilot

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is inviting schools to participate in the Pilot Test to be administered this spring in grades 3-11. The Pilot Test will be a computer-based administration in the content areas of English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics. Items are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and will include selected response, constructed response and performance tasks. All schools that volunteer will have the opportunity to experience the basic functionality of the system. Approximately 10% of the volunteering schools will be selected for the "scientific" study that will yield critical data about the test items and functionality of the online system. Scientifically selected schools will be offered specific in-depth test administration training in the form of webinars and training modules and will be assigned a specific two-week window within the pilot test window to test their students.

Please forward the attached flyer for more details. For the successful implementation of this Pilot, it is important that educational leaders encourage their schools to take advantage of this opportunity.