At Kraxberger Middle School in Gladstone, P.E. teacher Rob Hill and vice principal Lori Buchanan read through a practice version of the Smarter Balanced test, looking for skills students will need and ...

Changing its earlier position, the California Department of Education will release Smarter Balanced test scores next month and not wait to incorporate them into other data as planned, a department ...

There are also remaining questions on how valid the test results are, Saunders said. The Smarter Balanced/Center for Assessment study is still examining this -- but Juneau decided it was important to ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's new standardized test is a harder test for students and it's also more difficult for evaluators to score. The Smarter Balanced test includes more open-ended questions that ...

In a significant departure, the California Department of Education is withholding the release of the results of the Smarter Balanced tests that students took last spring until an undetermined date ...

Montana schools are hoping for a smoother ride during statewide standardized testing that was plagued by technical glitches last year. Schools can begin administering computer-based Smarter Balanced ...

Deciphering California’s recently posted school test scores is exasperatingly complex. It’s a dizzying alphabet soup of acronyms, numbers that rely upon other numbers, links back to other sources, and ...

State education officials say it will be six weeks before the public gets to see the results of the first-ever Smarter Balanced tests, the statewide standardized test that nearly all New Hampshire ...