NH DoE Deputy Commissioner Paul Leather states that “The state system is required by federal law [to administer Smarter Balanced Assessments] but [these assessments] may NOT help us improve teaching and learning. (Excerpt from http://www.governor.nh.gov/media/news/2015/pr-2015-03-05-pace.htm)
The Deputy Commissioner just acknowledged that the statewide assessment “MAY NOT HELP IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING.”
So why waste the time on Smarter Balanced testing?
ANSWER: For the federal dollars!!!
