1. 29 States $176,000,000 for development Includes formative, interim & summative Governed and controlled by states Co-chairs, Judy Park, Utah; Tony Alpert, Oregon Teacher Involvement Utah will administer 2014/15 school year

2. 2 To develop a set of comprehensive and innovative assessments for grades 3-8 and high school in English language arts and mathematics aligned to the Common Core State Standards Students leave high school prepared for postsecondary success in college or a career through increased student learning and improved teaching The assessments shall be operational across Consortium states in the 2014-15 school year States will participate in pilots 2013-14 school year

3. 3 Meaningfully engaged in all aspects of the assessment development and implementation process. Development of test maps that assess the full range of the CCSS and that articulate within and across grade levels. Specifying, writing, reviewing, and range finding test items/ performance tasks. Scoring constructed response items and performance tasks, in conjunction with AI systems. Scoring of performance tasks as a professional development vehicle to enhance teacher capacity to evaluate student work aligned to the standards. Designing different score reports and web-enabled tools and services to maximize their communication value and usefulness

4. 4...the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium can be found online at www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER