KING5

One school finds enthusiasm about SBAC test

SEATTLE -- Amid the growing number of parents who are having their students "opt out" of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests, at one Seattle elementary school not a single student ...
Yahoo

Vermont gives up SBAC for new standardized test: What parents and students can expect.

Vermont students will be taking a different standardized test this spring. Students will no longer take the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Vermont Science Assessment (VTSA) ...
KING5

Teachers, parents speak out against SBAC standardized test

SEATTLE -- The teachers and parents gathered in the Seattle NAACP office Tuesday afternoon represent the growing "Opt-Out" movement against the new state required standardized test - a test that the ...
New Haven Independent

Standardized Test Scores Show Progress

Standardized test scores continued their upward rise at New Haven’s elementary schools last year, though most kids still aren’t at grade level. That’s spelled out in the latest round of data that the ...
EdSource

Local assessments an option if Smarter Balanced tests ‘not viable,’ U.S. education officials affirm

California schools will be expected to administer Smarter Balanced and other statewide tests this spring, but districts can select alternatives in cases where these tests are not “viable” to ...