It's notable that the three
full assessments produced so far — in 2000, 2009, and 2014 — were all published under Democratic administrations.
The field tests of the
assessments produced by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium were intended to be a practice run for the
full rollout this spring, when all of California's 3rd - through 8th - grade students, along with 11th graders, will take the
assessments in both English language arts and math for the first time.