Documents/Forms
| Resource | Description |
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| Back to School Smarter Balanced Frequently Asked Questions | A FAQ to assist in explaining the Smarter Balanced assessments. |
| Connecticut Achievement Level Descriptions for the Smarter Balanced Assessments | This document provides Connecticut Achievement Level Descriptors for Smarter Balanced English language arts/literacy and mathematics assessments. |
| Smarter Balanced Scale Scores and Achievement Levels | This document provides the Scale Score Ranges for Smarter Balanced English language arts/literacy and mathematics assessments. |
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Grade 5 Smarter Balanced Sample Individual Student Report(Spanish) Spanish Translated Achievement Level Descriptors |
Sample Smarter Balanced Individual Student Reports. |
| Connecticut Smarter Balanced Interpretive Guide | This guide is designed to help educators, parents, students, the public, and members of the media understand and explain the results of the Smarter Balanced summative assessments. |
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Individual Student Report Video for Parents |
The CSDE has developed Parent Guides to accompany the Individual Student Reports that schools send home. Tailored by grade (for example, third grade test takers entering fourth grade, fourth grade test takers entering fifth grade, etc.), each guide ties the previous year's standards with the upcoming year's standards and provides useful tools and strategies for parents to assist their child at home. Additionally, an Individual Student Report video for parents is available in English and Spanish. |
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Smarter Balanced Narrated Power Points
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The CSDE has developed these PowerPoints to help users understand how claim-level performance categories are determined, and how Interim Assessment Block Performance Categories are determined. |