Back in December, a small group of teachers and admins met to review the SmarterBalanced testing requirements to help the district prepare for the technology needs.
Perhaps the most significant question on everyone’s mind….
Will on-line testing and SmarterBalanced specifically, force the district to become 1:1 and provide a device for each student?
Answer: No.
We’ve taken a look at the estimated time per test, factored in the number of students/sections and ran some calculations against the amount of equipment that our schools have – and in all scenarios and in all buildings, we’ll be able to administer the test using existing resources.
You mean we don’t even have to buy additional computers/laptops? Correct, the only thing that needs to be purchased is headsets and we’re estimating that cost to be $65,000 every two years.
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