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Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs):
assessments teachers can use throughout the school year to assess smaller bundles of content. They are intended to provide educators and students the ability to check where they are at that moment in time, and educators can use results to determine next steps for instruction. Since the IABs are more granular than the ICAs, educators can use IABs during the school year more consistently with the sequence of their curricula.
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Focused Interim Assessment Blocks (FIABs) :
assess no more than three assessment targets to provide educators with a more detailed understanding of student learning.
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Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICAs):
measure similar content to the summative assessment and may be helpful for determining the knowledge and skills of students who are new to the district or the state. ICAs can also provide information about students’ knowledge and skills after a significant period of instruction. Addditionally, the ICAs test the same content and report scores on the same scale as the summative assessments (SBAC).
Interim Assessment Security
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The interim assessments are considered student and teacher facing only. This designation provides educators the flexibility to access the test questions and their students' responses to the test questions. However, interim assessments must not be publicly displayed or distributed outside the classroom to ensure all educators can use the interim assessments as intended. Only authorized local educational agency staff and students should have access to the interim assessments. Finally, interim assessment items must not be copied into third party systems without the permission of Smarter Balanced. Without permission, such activity is a copyright violation. Staff and students are expected to adhere to these requirements to the greatest extent possible.
Interim Resources
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2022-23 ELA and math Assessments Interpretive Guide
2022-23 Interpretive Guide for ELA and math assessments.pdf 2.19 MB (Last Modified on August 5, 2022)
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Interim Assessment Administration Guide
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Planning for Administration
- Interim Assessment Overview: This document provides a description of the interim assessments that include the types, features, and usage. For both English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics, and by each grade, it provides an at-a-glance summary of the interim assessments that includes the focused Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs).
- Interim Assessments by Grade: This document is intended to assist in planning for the administration and local hand scoring of IABs and ICAs. The table provides claims, targets, the total number of items, and the number of items that require local hand scoring by grade level.
- Interim Assessments At-a-Glance: This document lists all IABs available by grade level ELA and mathematics.
- Interim Assessment Viewing System: This system allows teachers to preview the interim assessments and the types of questions on the IABs, FIABs and ICAs.
- Interim Assessment Blueprints: The blueprints contain information about the claim(s), assessment target(s), and depth of knowledge level(s) addressed by the items as well as the number of items allocated to each of those categories.
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Results in CERS
- Interim assessment results in CERS: To view interim assessment and summative data, users must be linked to a course and have a TOMS account.
Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Video Series
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Module 1: Introduces the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments
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Module 2: Introduces the Interim Assessment Viewing System
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Module 2: Interim Assessment Viewing System demo
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Module 3: Introduces Administering the Interim Assessments
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Module 3: Administering the Interim Assessments Demo
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Module 4: Introduces the Interim Assessment Training Guides and Exemplars
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Module 4: Introduces Administering the Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System
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Module 4: Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Demo
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Module 5: How educators can use CERS
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Module 5: How administrators can use CERS
Additional Resources
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How to preview the interim assessments
Instructions on how preview the Interim Assessments.pdf 539.42 KB (Last Modified on October 4, 2023) -
How to add/edit designated supports when administering an interim assessment
Instructions on how add designated supports for the administration of the Interim Assessments.pdf 567.23 KB (Last Modified on October 4, 2023) -
How to start a test session
Instructions on how to start an Interim test session.pdf 600.42 KB (Last Modified on October 4, 2023) -
How to score hand scored items - Interim Assessments
Scoring hand scored test items - Interim Assessments.pdf 660.98 KB (Last Modified on October 4, 2023) -
How to view interim and Summative Assessment results in CERS
How to view Interim and Summative assessment results in CERS.pdf 578.98 KB (Last Modified on October 4, 2023) -
Student Test Settings Report for Site Coordinators
Access to Student Test Settings Report - Site Coordinator.pdf 268.24 KB (Last Modified on September 1, 2021) -
Student Test Assignment Report for Site Coordinators
Access to Student Test Assignment Report - Site Coordinator.pdf 290.77 KB (Last Modified on September 1, 2021)