SBAC main website here. Smarter Balanced is committed to producing assessments that are accurate and fair for all students. The Consortium has developed usability, accessibility, and accommodation features to ensure that students have a positive and productive assessment experience that generates fair and accurate estimates of each student’s achievement.
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SBAC Assessment Claims
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is comprised of claims and targets that together can be used to make statements about student achievement. The claim is a broad statement that will outline the outcomes achieved with mastery of the standards within it. Within each claim are a variety of assessment targets that further clarify the knowledge and specific skills that cross over a cluster of standards.
[Click here for History and Development and more specifics of Claims]
Click on the direct links below to know more about SBAC.
- SBAC Mathematics Blueprints
- FAQs
- Facts about the Computer Adaptive Test
- SBAC Digital Library is a place to register and login to find multiple resources for students/teachers. See administrator for temporary login.
- Claims for the Mathematics Summative assessment
- High School Claims, Item specifications and samples
- Mathematics SBAC Summative Content specifications
- Take the practice SBAC TESTS portal
- Updates on SBAC as of March 2015, click here to open file. Including CAASPP info.
SBAC Assessment Claims
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is comprised of claims and targets that together can be used to make statements about student achievement. The claim is a broad statement that will outline the outcomes achieved with mastery of the standards within it. Within each claim are a variety of assessment targets that further clarify the knowledge and specific skills that cross over a cluster of standards.
[Click here for History and Development and more specifics of Claims]
Mathematics Claims
Claim #1- Concepts and Procedures Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency. Claim #2- Problem Solving Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies. Claim #3- Communicating Reasoning Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others. Claim #4- Modeling and Data Analysis Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems. Claims video Tutorials: Intro Deep Dive |
Depth of Knowledge
DOK is the interaction of how deeply a student needs to understand the content with different ways of responding and interacting with the content. The chart below aligns to the SBAC Claims/Targets and Standards. |
CHECK OUT SLIDESHOW BELOW BY SELECTING ON ANY ONE OF THE INFORMATIONAL SBAC THUMBNAIL PICTURES.