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Skip to main content - Learning from Student Work on Performance Tasks Home ELA ELA/Literacy Overview Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 High School Math Math Overview Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 High School Related Resources Professional Learning Tools Video Library English Learners About Home Develop a deeper understanding of the Common Core State Standards by learning from student work on performance tasks Real student work from Smarter Balanced performance tasks Scores and annotations by practicing educators Tools and videos to support professional learning ELA MATH provides resources to help educators develop a deeper understanding of the Common Core State Standards by analyzing student work on performance tasks. Central to these resources are samples of real student work on the Smarter Balanced Practice Test Mathematics and ELA/Literacy performance tasks. The student work has been collected, scored and annotated by teachers to provide an illustration of proficiency across the range of score levels possible for each task. The scores were confirmed by WestEd and SCALE content specialists. These scores are not official Smarter Balanced scores. Overview Smarter Balanced summative assessments are comprised of two different tests, a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and a performance task. provides tools and resources to help you learn about how Smarter Balanced performance tasks measure student mastery of the Common Core State Standards. Learn About Smarter Balanced Accessibility Features . Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment ELA/Literacy Computer Adaptive Test Performance Task Mathematics Computer Adaptive Test Performance Task How Smarter Balanced Assessments Fit into an Assessment Continuum This video, created by WestEd and SCALE for a face-to-face professional development event called Building Educator Assessment Literacy (BEAL), provides an overview of Smarter Balanced performance tasks, their role in the Smarter Balanced assessment system, and how they fit into the assessment continuum. WestEd.org Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity This site and its content copyright © WestEd 1995-2021, with the exception of copyrighted works owned by The Regents of the University of California or Smarter Balanced. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer...