Elementary and middle school students in Los Angeles Unified will not take the state’s Smarter Balanced standardized tests in English language arts and math this spring, district officials said on ...

BEND, Ore. — 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 measures how students are performing under the ...

In a change of an 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 ...