"Our Board of Education has set ambitious goals for our students over the next 5 years. Improving student performance is the single most important job of Denver Public Schools and every educator in our district. . In order to meet those goals, we must all join together and work with a laser-like focus on student achievement. Improving the practice of setting rigorous Student Growth Objectives (SGO's) will help us move our students in the right direction."

"Smarter Balanced is a state-led consortium developing assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics that are designed to help prepare all students to graduate high school college- and career-ready."

Sample assessments inspired by anchor statements in the Common Core.

Geared towards elementary and middle school, but could be seen as source of inspiration for the high school.

Grade 10 ELA Literacy summative assessment from PARCC

"The primary purpose of sharing item and task prototypes is to provide information and to support educators as they transition to the CCSS and the PARCC assessments. The dynamic, online prototypes presented on the PARCC website are designed to shine a light on important elements of the CCSS and to show how critical content in the standards may be manifested on PARCC's next-generation, technology-based assessments. "

PARCC Item and Task Prototype