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These tests are not meant to tell the whole story. They are meant to be combined with other measures, including teacher feedback, classwork and projects, and report card grades. Together, these measures can give families a more complete picture of a student’s performance so they can better support learning at home and advocate for their child.  \nState Assessments 101  \nThe Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA, requires students to take state tests in reading and math every year in third through eighth grade and once in high school. In South Dakota, students in third through eighth grade take the Smarter Balanced test in English language arts and math. Students also take the South Dakota Science test in fifth and eighth grade. In high school, students take Smarter Balanced and the South Dakota Science test in 11th grade. Several universities in South Dakota have a Proactive Admissions policy. This means if students score in Level 3 or 4 on both the English and math test in 11th grade, they are automatically accepted into the school.  \nA Family Guide to Annual State Tests in South Dakota  \nA Focus on Grade Level Skills  \nUnlike other tests, Smarter Balanced is focused on grade level material and is aligned to the state standards. The test questions match what students do and learn in the classroom every day throughout the year, which are the grade level skills that are most important for students to learn in order to move on to more challenging content.  \nSmarter Balanced is taken online and is computer adaptive, which means it adjusts the difficulty of the questions based on the student’s responses. The test includes a variety of different types of questions, including traditional multiple choice questions, questions that ask students to show and explain their answer, and ones that require them to write well-developed essays. South Dakota teachers have worked closely with the state to write and review test questions.  \nGrade 6: Math  \nPaul could play 16 songs on his guitar. He learns some new songs. Now he can play 23 songs.  \nIn the first box enter an equation to represent the number of new songs, s, that Paul learns.  \nIn the second box, enter the number of new songs represented by s in this situation.  \nNumber of new songs  \nGrade 3: ELA  \nRead the sentence from the passage.  \nIt became clear, even to their father, that the boys were lazy.  \nWhat does the phrase even to their father tell the reader about the story?  \nA It took the father a long time to teach the boys a new kind of work.  \nB It took the father longer than others to understand his sons were lazy.  \nC The father knew all along that his boys did not like to work on the family farm.  \nD The father knew many other people who could be trained to help him on  \nthe farm.  \nA Family Guide to Annual State Tests in South Dakota  \nUseful Information for All  \n FAMILIES:  Understanding Grade Level Performance  \nThe Smarter Balanced report gives families information on how well their child performed on different sets of skills in each subject. Families can use this information to identify where their child is doing well and where they may need support or practice. This helps families better support learning at home. It can also help them start meaningful conversations with teachers, set goals for each student’s areas of improvement and to identify resources and strategies that can be used at home and in school to help students make progress.  \nQuestions to Ask the Teacher about Your Child’s Smarter Balanced Report:  \n• What does this mean about my child’s learning?  \n• Is my child on grade level?  \n• Where does my child need more support or improvement?  \n• What short-term learning goals should my child meet to show progress?  \n• How can I support learning at home?  \n?  \n TEACHERS","cbCaiaN0AvuDQNSP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaN0AvuDQNSP","pdf",1267495,"English","# State Assessments 101\n## Purpose of annual state tests\n## Tests by grade level\n# A Focus on Grade Level Skills\n## Alignment to standards\n## Smarter Balanced format and adaptiveness\n# Useful Information for All\n## FAMILIES: Understanding grade level performance\n## Questions to ask the teacher\n## TEACHERS: Informing instruction\n## SCHOOL & DISTRICT LEADERS: Informing decisions\n## STATE LEADERS: Helping schools improve","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of annual state tests in South Dakota?\",\"answer\":\"Annual state tests are designed to be one measure of student learning, not the whole story. 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