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The interim assessments are optional tests that measure what students know and can do using the Common Core State Standards for English language arts/literacy and mathematics.  \nThe interim assessments are versatile and can be administered to students in either a standardized (e.g. , benchmark) or nonstandardized manner, or used by school and district staff for professional development. There are two kinds of interim assessments—interim comprehensive assessments (ICAs) and interim assessment blocks (IABs) . More than 120 interim assessments are available for use.  \nICAs are built on the same blueprint as the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments. Each ICA contains approximately 35 to 45 items. IABs focus on smaller sets of targets to provide more detailed information for instructional purposes. Each IAB contains approximately 5 to 15 items.  \nWHY ARE THE INTERIM ASSESSMENTS GIVEN?  \nThe purpose of the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments is to provide teachers and administrators with results they can use to support teaching and learning. In addition, the interim assessments provide meaningful information for gauging student progress toward mastery of the skills measured by the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments.  \nWHO TAKES THE INTERIM ASSESSMENTS?  \nAlthough developed for grades three through eight and high school, the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments can be administered to students at any grade level (i.e. , K‒12) .  \nHOW ARE THE INTERIM ASSESSMENTS GIVEN?  \nThe Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments are computer-based tests. Unlike the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments, which are adaptive, the interim assessments have a fixed number of items.  \nSome interim assessments contain items that require hand scoring. All hand scoring must be completed locally by school or district staff.  \nThe Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments are  \navailable for use at any time during the year. The timing  \nWHEN ARE THE INTERIM ASSESSMENTS GIVEN?  \nand frequency of interim assessment use are locally determined.  \nFor additional information visit the California Department of Education Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments web page at  \n[https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/sbacinterimassess.asp](https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/sbacinterimassess.asp. July 2018)[.](https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/sbacinterimassess.asp. July 2018)[ July 2018](https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/sbacinterimassess.asp. 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