Smarter Balanced State Testing
Starting Spring of 2015, students in Oregon will take the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA). This assessment is given to all 3rd-8th grade students and 11th grade students. Each of the these years, students will take a Computer-Adaptive Test (CAT) and a Performance Task (PT) in both Mathematics and English Language Arts.
Our previous test OAKS was also a Computer-Adaptive Test (CAT), but it was only multiple choice questions. This new test has many different types of questions. Watch the video at right to learn about the new types of questions.
Take a Practice Test: There are three practice tests available: (1) Training Test, (2) Practice Computer-Adaptive Test, and (3) Practice Performance Task. The Training Test is only 10 questions and shows you all of the technology that students will see on the test. The Practice test has about 30 questions at each grade level for students to practice. The Performance Task has 5 or 6 questions for each grade level. You will also find the calculators and equation editor tutorial here.