Hartford Courant: Smarter Balanced Test Will Eliminate Essay Writing, Shaving Nearly 2 Hours Off Exam


Jeffrey Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, praised Malloy and the state Department of Education for an effort to ‘fine-tune the delivery’ of the Smarter Balanced test.

Malloy emphasized Thursday that his announcement does not signal a backing away from the test. ‘We are not getting rid of the Smarter Balanced test,’ he said.

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