Smarter Balanced Math Practice
Delaware System of Student Assessments (Smarter Balanced). Smarter Balanced is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for math, which Briveli covers comprehensively.
Spring (early April through late May; window set by each district or charter)
Computer-adaptive
No calculator in grades 3-5. An embedded online calculator is available on calculator-allowed segments in grades 6-8 (basic in grade 6, scientific in grades 7-8).
Reported as one of four levels: Level 1 (Below Standard), Level 2 (Near Standard), Level 3 (At Standard), Level 4 (Above Standard), with a scale score for each grade.
About the Smarter Balanced
Delaware administers the Smarter Balanced math assessment as part of DeSSA, the Delaware System of Student Assessments. Students in grades 3 through 8 take it online each spring, and the test is computer-adaptive: the difficulty of items adjusts based on how a student is performing as they move through the test. Districts and charter schools choose their local testing dates within a state window that runs from early April through about a week before the end of May. Results are reported on a four-level scale and include claim-level information that helps families see strengths and gaps in concepts and procedures, problem solving, communicating reasoning, and data analysis.
Because Delaware is a governing member of the Smarter Balanced consortium, the math test is built directly from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. That means the underlying domains by grade (Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations - Fractions, Measurement and Data, Geometry, Ratios and Proportional Relationships, The Number System, Expressions and Equations, Statistics and Probability, and Functions in grade 8) map cleanly to standards-aligned curriculum. Many Delaware teachers contributed to item development, so the test reflects real classroom practice rather than a generic national bank.
Official source: https://education.delaware.gov/educators/academic-support/standards-and-assessments/mathematics/de-math-assessments/
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