How the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and Smarter Balanced Digital Systems (Item Banks, Libraries of Resources, Etc.) Will Support Innovation, Research, and Efficiencies

• In Event: Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS): An Overview of the Activities of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and Smarter Balanced to Build Capacity for Implementation of the CCSS and CCSS-Aligned Assessments With a Focus on Technology Readiness

Abstract

The assessment consortia are devoting millions of dollars to the development of digital libraries, item banking systems, data warehouses, digital instructional and professional development resources, and online collaboration tools. To varying degrees, the consortia are utilizing open source “plug and play” designs to ensure that the systems can take advantage of new innovations over time and to identify “best of breed” resources. In addition, these consortia will have the potential to provide an unprecedented anonymized data set which, if used for research projects, could support meaningful advances in K-12 education. This session will describe the architecture of these systems and how “going digital” can support innovation, research and efficiencies.

Author

• Nancy Doorey, K-12 Center at ETS