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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is a standardized test consortium. It creates Common Core State Standards-aligned tests to be used in several states. It uses automated essay scoring. Its counterpart in the effort to become a leading multi-state test provider is the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

Member states
Member states in the consortium include: • California (CAASPP) • Connecticut • Delaware • Hawaii • Idaho • Indiana • Maine • Michigan (M-STEP) • Montana • Nevada • New Hampshire • North Dakota • Oregon • South Dakota • Vermont • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin Iowa, North Carolina, and Wyoming are affiliate members. Previously, it had 30 members. Member states can associate with one or both consortia, without committing to using either test. == Assessment ==
Assessment
Beginning in the Spring of 2015, SBAC began assessing students with their new assessment format. The assessments are given in grades 3–8 and 10 (11 in California), in the content areas of Math and English Language Arts. Each test called a Summative Assessment, consists of a Performance Task (PT) and a Computer-Adaptive Test (CAT). ==See also==
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