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Welcome to the Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests The Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests are available to schools and districts for practice and training purposes, professional development activities, and for discussions with parents, policymakers, and other interested stakeholders.

We’ve observed several practices in schools that thrive through stages of flat performance: (1) They expect the flat periods and persist through them (2) they have a theory about how what they’re doing will result in improved student performance (3) they develop finer-grained measures for detecting improvement (4) they make adjustments when evidence suggests that their efforts really aren’t working.

The Road to School Improvement It's hard, it's bumpy, and it takes as long as it takes by Richard F. Elmore and Elizabeth City

The following list of resources was developed as part of the NBC News Education Nation Common Core Teacher Institute, in partnership with leading non-profits and teachers unions focused on implementing the Common Core: America Achieves, American Federation of Teachers, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, National Education Association, Student Achievement Partners, and the Teaching Channel. The Common Core Teacher Institute features workshops with demonstrations of Common Core-aligned lessons. These demonstrations show teachers how to teach toward specific standards, as well as how to use model lessons and videos to inform their own practices. Videos of the NBC News Education Nation Teacher Institute, as well as the materials and tools used in each video, are available online at www.educationnation.com/teacherinstitute.

Each of the PARCC practice tests has the following examples of question types and technology usages.

PARCC Question Types by Subject