From
benchmark assessments to Common Core standards, data teams to school improvement plans, SATs to ACTs, high schools
across the nation are preoccupied with college
readiness.
While the consortia develop their own tests, they will also collaborate to ensure scoring comparability
across both assessments (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2012) to allow student proficiency comparisons
across states, marking a significant shift in how an individual state as well as the country
benchmarks students»
readiness for college and careers.