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Have there been any percentile charts or grade level comparisons for this test? It is the new common core computer based test that is supposed to be used in all states soon. DS took it as a third grader and I just got his score and it is a 2621 on math, which seems to be as high as it goes. I have no idea what this means other than he did well.

Does anyone have any insight?

This is the preliminary benchmarking document released last fall. There should be revisions coming out shortly, based on this past spring's round of testing:

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/news...prove-achievement-level-recommendations/

ETA: Looks your DS scored at or above the threshold for 6th grade level 4 (advanced/top tier in most state-wide testing systems).

Updated link: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/assessments/scores/

Thank you! This is the sort of thing I was looking for.

I asked the same question somewhere else last week when we got DD's results.

Here's are a couple other BASC-related documents of interest:
http://nh.portal.airast.org/wp-cont...anced-Achievement-Level-Scale-Scores.pdf
http://www.edweek.org/media/interpretation-and-use-of-scores-achievement-levels-final.pdf

Taken together, my interpretation is that if the scores are equivalent between levels, my 3rd grader was ready for college last spring according to the SBAC. LOL. Do you think she needs to take algebra or learn to write a 5-paragraph essay before I ship her off?

I am looking at the report of SBAC taken by my child as a 5th grader. It says he got 2701 in ELA and 2700 in Math. Below his score bar is a range of 2582 - 2701 for ELA and 2579 - 2700 for Math which are labeled as 'Standard Exceeded'. There are other ranges to the left for 'Standard Met', 'Standard Nearly Met' and 'Standard not met'.

It looks like he may have hit the ceiling in both subjects for his grade level. Amlac's son also seems to have hit the ceiling. I am wondering - how would they test for kids who need some kind of "extended norm" to see how far their understanding of the subjects go? Would love some feedback on this.

Thank you!

We haven't gotten our SBAC test results- we are in California. When do they come?

Jack'smom, we are in California too. We got the results in the mail earlier this week.

We're in California too. It might depend on our district,but my DD's principal said they will be mailed out on October 9th. The school already has them and will be giving them to the teachers. I'm not sure why it's taking so long for the parents to get them

Most districts in CA just got the results in the last week. Also, California chose not to make the test fully adaptive. You cannot compare the scores across grade level or determine your child's level of achievement at a higher grade based on the SBAC scores. All you will know is if they met or exceeded the standard of the current grade level. In this case, exceeded means they got most of the beginning questions correct for the next grade. It does not go beyond that.

Where can I find more information on this. It seems pointless to use this test if you don't use it's full capacity. We're no better off than with the CSTs.