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In 2021, National PTA and Smarter Balanced collaborated on a project to better understand how to help close the assessment system literacy gap  \nwith parents and meet the needs of parents around assessment reporting.  \nNational PTA working in partnership with Edge Research, sought to examine how parents prefer to receive information about their child’s academic  \nprogress and whether the Smarter Balanced system, score reports, and standardized year-end assessments are accessible and useful for families.  \nMethodology  \nEdge Research and National PTA conducted 5 virtual focus groups among parents of 3rd–8th graders, a total of 29 parents—21 women and 8 men—between November 4–11, 2021. Participants represented a mix of age, gender, geographic area, locality (urban, suburban, small/town rural), and socioeconomic status. Race and ethnicity demographics included 7 White, 10 Black/African-American, 8 Hispanic, and 4 Asian/Pacific Islander individuals. Specifically:  \n● 1 parent group among 6th–8th grade; mixed race/ethnicity; Eastern SBAC states  \n● 1 parent group among 3rd–5th grade; mixed race/ethnicity; Western SBAC states  \n● 1 parent group among 3rd–5th grade; Black/African American; mix of SBAC states  \n● 1 parent group among 3rd–5th grade; mixed race/ethnicity; small town/rural  \n● 1 parent group among 6th–8th grade; Hispanic/Spanish-speaking; mix of SBAC states with focus on Western states  \n FINDINGS FROM VIRTUAL FOCUS GROUPS AMONG PARENTS 2  \nResults: Parent Mindset  \nParents already have a lot on their plates and want simple actions and quick informational resources they can use on their own, without teacher support. Any direct-to-parent resources should help parents independently better support and understand their child’s learning.  \nTeachers are key to communicating the purpose of the state test and can damage the legitimacy of the test if they share any personal, negative perspectives, or opinions with parents. It is important to help parents understand the purpose of the state test. Reinforce that it is not the only measure—or meant to tell the whole story—but rather one of many measures that should be reviewed with others to give parents a more complete picture. Furthermore, it is important for parents to understand the appropriate uses of different assessments. For example, formative to support daily classroom teaching and learning, interims to gather informal information about learning throughout the year, and summative to help state and federal leaders understand patterns of progress and identify helpful supports.  \nThe Start of School Year 2021–2022  \nReturning to in-person classes, parents are mostly optimistic and report their children are more engaged and excited to learn. However, many also express trepidations and are particularly concerned with how their children are adapting to changing health policies, protocols, and procedures.  \nA Return to In-Person Learning  \nComing off remote learning, most parents want to remain highly involved with their child’s education and desire information that will help them to better support their child during the year. They want tools, resources, and information that enable them to be active participants—they predominantly lauded these features of SBAC tools and score reports.  \nGauging Academic Performance  \nParents rely heavily  \nupon feedback and communication from teachers about their child’s progress and expressed interest in receiving progress reports tha","cbCaisAWHp1Cp5TB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisAWHp1Cp5TB","pdf",582339,"English","# Introduction: Research Objectives and Background\n# Methodology\n# Results: Parent Mindset\n## The Start of School Year 2021–2022\n## A Return to In-Person Learning\n## Gauging Academic Performance\n# Testing\n## Year-End State Tests: Parents need a better way to connect the dots\n## Benchmark and Interim Tests","[{\"question\":\"What was the goal of the Smarter Balanced and National PTA project with Edge Research?\",\"answer\":\"To understand how parents prefer to receive information about their child’s academic progress and whether score reports and year-end assessments are accessible and useful for families.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study conducted?\",\"answer\":\"Edge Research and National PTA ran 5 virtual focus groups with 29 parents of 3rd–8th graders between November 4 and 11, 2021.\"},{\"question\":\"What do parents say about testing and assessment information?\",\"answer\":\"Parents see value in tools for checking progress but caution against overtesting, want active teacher involvement, and find year-end results presentations can be confusing or harder to review when they don’t match grades or teacher messaging.\"}]","Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium - Findings From Virtual Focus Groups Among Parents | PDF",1792060079,18]