SBAC General Information
The Smarter Balanced assessments are new computer based tests that measure student knowledge of California’s English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics standards. These new assessments replace the former paper-based, multiple-choice assessments for students in grades three through eight and grade eleven.
The Smarter Balanced assessment system uses both computer-based and computer-adaptive tests, providing students with a wider range of questions tailored to more accurately identify the knowledge and skills individual students have mastered. The tests include performance tasks that challenge students to demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving, and to apply their knowledge and skills to real-world problems.
The new computer-based tests include supports for English learners and students with special needs, allowing these students the ability to effectively demonstrate their knowledge and skills.
SCORES
Parents will receive a report of their child’s scores. But no student, parent or teacher should be discouraged by these scores, which will not be used to determine whether a student moves on to the next grade. Rather, the scores will represent an opportunity to focus on the needs of students and support teachers and schools in their work to achieve college and career readiness.
Common Core Information The new Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics were designed to prepare students for the rigor and performance expectations of college and the workplace. CCSS allow teachers to take a focused set of standards and teach them in depth. With these new standards, students in math classes will learn how to consider multiple ways to solve a problem and how to explain their rationale behind their answer. In English and other subjects, students will learn how to gather evidence from multiple sources to support a position in a classroom debate or to write an argumentative essay.Since 1998, students in Grades 2 to 11 have taken the California Standards Test (CST) each spring. New tests currently being designed by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) will replace the CST beginning in spring 2015. These tests will ask students to explain their thinking and apply their knowledge more than previous multiple-answer tests could. They also will give parents and students accurate information about whether students are on track to graduate high school and are ready for college and the workplace.
Parent Information Links:
- K-8 California’s Common Core Standards Parent Handbook
- Common Core State Standards Resources for Parents and Guardians
- CDE Info about the Common Core
- Common Core Newsletter
- Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards for Parents and Guardians
- Parent Tool Kit: Track and support your child's progress | NBC News/Education Nation
- PTA Success Guide Links
Common Core Math:
Grade K: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5578.php
Grade 1: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5579.php
Grade 2: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5520.php
Grade 3: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5521.php
Grade 4: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5522.php
Grade 5: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5523.php
Grade 6: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5524.php
Grade 7: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5816.php
Grade 8: http://www.lpssonline.com/site5817.phpOakdale School District EngageNY Homework Help:http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1391596408603
Common Core Language Arts:
| The Official Common Core Website | http://www.corestandards.org/ |
| The California Department of Education | http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ |
| Smarter Balanced Assessments | http://www.smarterbalanced.org/k-12-education/ common- core-state-standards-tools-resources/ |
| California PTA | http://www.capta.org/sections/programs/ e-standards.cfm |