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 ...

For the second year in a row, most Los Angeles Unified students — with the exception of 11th graders — won’t be taking the Smarter Balanced standardized test that’s usually mandated by the state each ...

Although Wisconsin students won't be taking the new Smarter Balanced Assessment exams until spring of 2015, area districts have already been preparing for them by doing practice tests. For more ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANCHESTER — The number of students whose parents have refused to let them take the Smarter Balanced assessment test has swelled to more than 500 since the district began administering the exam ...