Proposal To Reduce Test Time Increase Learning Time
#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced the implementation of a new step that will reduce testing time and expand learning time for more than 200,000 Connecticut children across over 800 schools. Changes to the application of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), impacting every student in grades three through eight, is as part of a broader effort to help districts spend less time testing students and more time teaching. Currently in grades three through eight, there are two components of the SBAC exam. The first is a computer adaptive test – the portion of the assessment done electronically with adaptive questions based on student responses –…
