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    SBAC
     
    The Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium is an online summative assessment that utilizes computer- adaptive testing and performance tasks to track progress toward mastery of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math across multiple states.
     
    Assembly Bill (AB) 484 requires most students in grades 3-8 and 11 to take the SBAC as part of the statewide CAASPP - CA Assessment of Student Performance and Progress testing program except for the following students:
    1. English Learners (ELs) in a US school for less than 1 year will not take the ELA test. They only take math.
    2. Students with severe cognitive disabilities, as documented in their Individualized Education Plan (IEP),will not take the ELA or math tests.
    Test Windows
     
    April 5 - June 7

    Schools are required to complete SBAC summative testing during these dates.

    Attendance during these windows is important as each test builds on the previous test. Students missing one day may need to halt their testing progress until make-up tests are administered.
     
     
    Parents/Guardians Exemptions
     
    Parents/Guardians may submit written requests annually to exempt their children from all or any part of the SBAC, CSTs, CMA, and CAPA for Science, and/or STS for RLA. All such requests must be honored as indicated in EC Section 60615.
     
    EDC 60615  

    THE SBAC MATTERS MORE THAN 11th GRADE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES KNOW!

    Check out this article from Southern California Public Radio about how much the SBAC can affect students after high school. Some 11th graders not getting message about how much new Smarter Balanced tests matter.

     

    Practice tests are available here: ELA and Math Practice Tests