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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment FAQs


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General Questions

  1. What are the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments?
  2. Are interim assessments computer adaptive?
  3. Is there a bank of test questions in the interim assessment system that can be used to build tests?

Access and Availability

  1. Is there a local educational agency cost associated with the interim assessments?
  2. Who can use the interim assessments and how can they be accessed?
  3. Which Non-Public School (NPS) staff members are permitted to have access to the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments and Tools for Teachers?
  4. Are the interim assessments available in paper-pencil format?

Administration

  1. When can the interim assessments be accessed and/or administered?
  2. Are interim assessments available for students at every grade level?

Scoring and Reporting

  1. How are interim assessments scored?
  2. How are interim assessment results reported?
  3. How soon after testing is complete are interim assessment results available to K–12 educators?
  4. For interim assessments that contain hand-scored test items, can any results be seen if hand scoring is incomplete?
  5. What information do the interim assessment reports provide?
Questions:   California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office | caaspp@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-8765
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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