SMARTER BALANCED QUESTION TYPES OVERVIEW TEXT TXT EXT Assess a broad range of content. Scoring is objective, fast, and inexpensive to score. Difficult to understand a student’s reasoning process and to assess higher-order thinking skills. Require the student to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response. Include both short and extended responses. Allow students to demonstrate their use of complex thinking skills consistent with the expectations for college and career readiness. Require students to demonstrate ability to think and reason, and produce fully developed products. Measure complex “assessment targets.” Provide evidence of college and career readiness.

“Claims” for Mathematics Summative Assessment Claim #1 Concepts & Procedures: “Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.” Claim #2 Problem Solving: “Students can solve a range of complex well- posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies.” Claim #3 Communicating Reasoning: “Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.” Claim #4 Modeling and Data Analysis: “Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.”

SMARTER ELA CLAIMS Place text here Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts. Claim 1 Reading Students can produce effective and well- grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences. Claim 2 Writing Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences. Claim 3 Speaking & Listening Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information. Claim 4 Research

MATH PERFORMANCE TASK PREVIEW Grade 5: School Festival You serve on a committee that is in charge of planning a school festival. The following tasks need to be completed by committee members as part of the planning for the school festival. Determine the budget for the festival. Choose the food and drinks for the festival. Determine amounts of supplies for making a dessert. Make a schedule of the different activities. Make some decisions on the games and prizes used during the festival. Sample Smarter Math Performance Task * Details and rubrics are in the session packet. Up to two class sessions (90 minutes) are suggested for this task, with no pre-teaching necessary.

ELA PERFORMANCE TASK PREVIEW Robot Pets  Session 1 (60 minutes) o Read 1 article and watch 2 brief videos on robots as pets, taking notes o Respond to 3 constructed-response questions: 1 addressing reading comprehension, 2 addressing research skills  Session 2 (45 minutes) o Read 1 article and watch 1 short video, taking notes o Small discussion group work  Session 3 (90 minutes) o Compose full-length argumentative essay on robots as pets o May use notes and refer back to articles o Pre-writing, drafting, and revising will be involved Sample Smarter English Language Arts Performance Task

RESOURCES  National PTA  Common Core State Standards Assessment Resources  Smarter Balanced Website  Smarter Sample Items and Performance Tasks /#itemhttp:// /#item