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This is the direct link to the digital resource library searching bar.

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Smarter Tools for Teachers. Discover classroom resources you can use today. Educator-created lessons, activities, strategies, and professional development to help tailor instruction and boost learning.

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This is a direct link to the content explorer website.

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Read recommended questions and answers that will help you better understand and use the Smarter Content Explorer.

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The words and phrases on these lists can be used in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, the following:
> Word walls
> Vocabulary Activities
> Word of the week, etc.

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Accessing the Smarter Balanced Construct Vocabulary Lists for both ELA/Mathematics

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Accessing the Smarter Balanced Construct Vocabulary Lists for both ELA/Mathematics

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1. Go to https://contentexplorer.smarterbalanced.org/

You do not need to login to TOMS for this resource.

2. Click on Text Development in the upper right corner.

3. Under Guidelines and Resources, scroll down to [vocabulary] and you will find PDFs of the lists.

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Interim assessments allow teachers to check students’ progress at mastering specific concepts at strategic points throughout the year. Teachers can use this information to support their instruction and help students meet the challenge of college- and career-ready standards.

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Understanding the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

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test the same content and report scores on the same scale as the summative assessments

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focus on smaller sets of related concepts and provide more detailed information for instructional purposes.

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assess no more than three assessment targets to provide educators with a finer grained understanding of student learning.

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Interim Assessments Viewing Guide Visual Step by Step

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Interim Assessments Viewing Guide Visual Step by Step

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https://youtu.be/79DXWLCn7Bc

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Smarter Balanced Interim Video Series, Module 2 Demo

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Creating an Interim Assessment Answer Key Using the IAIP

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Creating an Interim Assessment Answer Key Using the IAIP

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https://portal.smarterbalanced.org/library/en/v1.0/creating-an-answer-key-document-using-the-interim-assessment-item-portal-iaip.pdf

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Backwards Mapping: Deconstructing the Writing Task

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Backwards Mapping: Deconstructing the Writing Task

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This document can be used to help students analyze a writing task. Also, having students deconstruct the prompt helps set a purpose for reading. This will help students collect appropriate details from the text when reading.

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Examining Your Sources: Planning Your Writing (Brainstorming: Circle Map)

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Examining Your Sources: Planning Your Writing (Brainstorming: Circle Map)

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The Circle Map is used to help students organize their ideas when planning their essay. After students read a source, they can collect details on the circle map to include in their essay. This helps them remember not only to read with a purpose, but to write with a purpose. They have a specific writing task and the Thinking Maps helps to ensure they include details from the sources into their essays.

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Examining Your Sources: Planning Your Writing (Sequencing Order of Events: Flee Map)

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Examining Your Sources: Planning Your Writing (Sequencing Order of Events: Flee Map)

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After students have read the sources and collected details from the text, students will take those ideas to the Flee Map. Here is where they will begin to organize and plan the paragraphs of their essay.

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Flyer—Tools for Teachers and Other Formative Assessment Online Tools

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Flyer—Tools for Teachers and Other Formative Assessment Online Tools

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This flyer can be accessed from the CDE Tools for Teachers web page at: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/tools-for-teachers.asp
It can also be accessed from CAASPP.org Interim Assessment Resources web page at: https://www.caaspp.org/ta-resources/tools-for-teachers.html

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https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/iavideoseries.asp

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The interim assessment video series consists of five narrated presentation modules and five system demonstration videos. Each video is three to ten minutes in length. This video series complements the Interim Assessment User Guide , which contains more detail for educators using the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments.

The videos for modules one through four in this series were updated in September 2020. Module five was updated in January 2020.

Module 1: Introducing the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

This seven-minute module provides information on the value and usefulness of the interim assessments, the differences between and features of both types of interim assessments, student accessibility supports, available online resources, and security considerations.

Module 2: Interim Assessment Viewing System

This three-minute module provides information on how to log into and navigate the Interim Assessment Viewing System and describes how the viewing system can be used by educators to prepare for the administration of interim assessments.

A three-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module two. This demonstration shows how to access and navigate the Interim Assessment Viewing System.

Module 3: Administering the Interim Assessments

This eight-minute module provides information on how to use the Test Administrator Interface to initiate a test session, approve students for testing, and monitor student status during testing. In addition, the use of the Test Operations Management System (TOMS) to manage student enrollment and accessibility supports and the important role of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) are discussed.

A six-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module three. This demonstration shows how to access and navigate the Test Administrator Interface for interim assessments.

Module 4: Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System

This four-minute module provides information on how to use the Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System and the contents of the hand scoring training guides and exemplars. In addition, considerations for planning the hand scoring of interim assessment items and suggested uses for hand scoring training materials are discussed.

A four-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module four. This demonstration shows how to access the hand scoring system, how to view the response list, how to assign scores, and how to reassign responses to other test administrators.

A seven-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module four. This demonstration shows how to access and view the interim assessment training guides and exemplars.

Module 5: California Educator Reporting System

Module five consists of two demonstration videos for the California Educator Reporting System (CERS). The first demonstration video is designed for educator use and the second video is designed for administrator use.

This ten-minute video demonstrates how educators can use CERS to view item-, student-, and group-level assessment results data.

This nine-minute video demonstrates how administrators can use CERS to view student, district, and school assessment data.

Questions: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress | caaspp@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-8765

Last Reviewed: Monday, November 13, 2023

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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Video Series

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This series consists of five video modules intended to help educators effectively use the interim assessment systems and tools.

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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments with CAASPP Playlist Resource Library Lesson Links

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Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments with CAASPP Playlist Resource Library Lesson Links

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Click on the title of the IAB or FIAB you would like to access and click on the direct link attached to it which should pop up as a "comment" to the right.

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Smarter Balanced Interim Video Series, Module 4 Demo A

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8th Grade MATH Direct Links to Interim Connection Playlist (Digital Lessons)

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8th Grade MATH Direct Links to Interim Connection Playlist (Digital Lessons)

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8th Grade ELA Direct Links to Interim Connection Playlist (Digital Lessons)

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8th Grade ELA Direct Links to Interim Connection Playlist (Digital Lessons)

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