The PARCC consortium has released sample items. It is useful to compare these to the Smarter Balanced online practice tests. As you would expect, they are actually fairly similar because they are aligned to the same standards..
It is important to note that the final version of the Smarter Balanced tests will be computer adaptive. This means that the test will respond to the answers given by the student and will present high achieving students with more difficult questions. The currently available practice tests do not have this feature.
There will be two expectations that will be very different from what has been expected of students in the past. In math, it will be important for students to be able to explain how they got their answer. For English Language Arts, students will be expected to use two or more texts to write a multiple paragraph essay.
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