SBAC is Smarter Balanced.
The s and b stand for smarter balanced.
I think the other two letters are assessment consortium.
Jan
Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org>:
Just wanted to clarify ...SBAC... Smarter Balanced?
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 26, 2014, at 5:30 PM, "wr...@centurytel.net" <wr...@centurytel.net>
wrote:
>
>
> I tried to send the message below to the list last weekend.
Jennifer tells me
that there were technical difficulties that have been resolved now.
So ... my
question is below.
>
>>
>> I went to a training today (on a Sunday!) for CCSS, and I heard from
>> some teachers whose schools piloted the SBAC test this year. I just
>> want to double check that what they said is true.
>> A test in one subject takes four days. There are three tests, so that
>> means 12 days given over for testing. If you give sample tests in the
>> fall and again in the winter, that means 36 days for testing Is it
>> true that each test takes four days?
>>
>> Another person said that on the reading and writing tests there are
>> questions that do not allow students to go back to look at the reading,
>> so students have to take notes. Is that true? Can students take paper
>> and pencil notes, or do they have to take the notes on a computer?
>>
>> I teach 8th grade, so I'm interested in the tests for middle
school students.
Thanks!
>> Jan
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