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Author(s): Molnar, Michele; Ujifusa, Andrew
Source:
Education Week. 5/6/2015, Vol. 34 Issue 29, p1-17. 3p.

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- Subject Terms:
  SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium; EDUCATION; STANDARDIZED tests; INTERNET in education; AMERICAN Institutes for Research; MEASURED Progress Inc.; LETTING of contracts
- Subject Terms:
  NEVADA
- Abstract:
  The article discusses technical problems facing online testing in Nevada associated with the Common Core State Standards educational guidelines and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium of states. Topics include blame for the test vendor firms Measured Progress Inc. and American Institutes for Research (AIR), capacity problems with the texts, and the bidding processes for similar tests in other states.

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