Assessment Types
Information from Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium:
Item and Task Types The Smarter Balanced assessment system includes a variety of assessment types.
Item and Task Types The Smarter Balanced assessment system includes a variety of assessment types.
- Selected-response items prompt students to select one or more responses for a set of options.
- Technology-enhanced items require students to respond in a non-traditional response type, such as editing text or drawing an object.
- Constructed-response items prompt students to produce a text or numerical response in order to collect evidence about their knowledge or understanding of a given assessment target.
- Performance tasks measure a student’s ability to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards—a key component of college and career readiness.