New videos highlight Smarter Balanced assessments
Next month students in grades 3-8 and 11 will begin taking the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exams in English/Language Arts and Math. These state exams are based on the new rigorous Common Core State Standards and taken completely online. The district has produced videos in English and Spanish to help everyone better understand the new tests. Click on the link below to view the videos. Steps to taking an SBAC practice test are also listed below.
Smarter Balanced Practice Test
Learn more about Smarter Balanced (SBAC) for grades 3-8 & 11.
Try a Practice Test: SBAC Practice Test
Steps:
1. Click on “Take the Practice and Training Tests”
2. On the next screen, just click “Sign In”
3. On the next screen, select your grade level and click “Yes”
4. On the next screen, select your test
- Training Tests are brief, but informative
- Practice Tests are in an enhanced multiple choice format
- Performance Tests are longer subject area tasks with real-life scenarios
4. On the next screen, you may change settings or just click “Select”
PHOTO: Communications Department Intern Tyler Morrison, a junior at Walla Walla High School, video tapes Garrison Middle School Intervention Specialist Salvador Hernandez for the Spanish version of the new SBAC video. Morrison produced the videos in both English and Spanish.
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