Interim Assessment Secure Materials

Answer Keys

The Interim Assessment Answer Keys provide teachers with the answers for each interim assessment and can help guide instruction. The answer keys provide detailed information including the claim, the target, the Common Core State Standards or California Next Generation Science Standards, the Depth of Knowledge, and, for the CAST Interim Assessments, the performance expectations.

Most answer keys and other materials can be accessed by selecting the [Program] Interim Assessment Secure Materials item on the Available Materials drop-down list. However, the answer keys for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments can be accessed by taking the following steps:

  1. Select SB Interim Assessment Secure Materials—Answer Keys from the Available Materials drop-down list (figure 1).

  2. To view the answer keys for a particular grade level or all high school grades select the link for the Interim Assessment Item Portal and then log on using the Smarter Balanced account credentials.

    Interim Assessment Secure Materials—Answer Keys on the Secure Materials screen.

    Figure 1. Secure Materials screen—SB Interim Assessment Answer Keys option

Hand Scoring Training Guides

The Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training Guides provide interim assessment administrators with information on how to score the constructed responses found in the interim assessments.

Most answer keys and other materials, including hand scoring training guides, can be accessed by selecting the [Program] Interim Assessment Secure Materials item on the Available Materials drop-down list. However, the hand scoring guides for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments can be accessed by taking the following steps:

  1. Select SB Interim Assessment Secure Materials—Hand Scoring Training Guides from the Available Materials drop-down list (figure 2).

    Interim Assessment Secure Materials—Hand Scoring Training Guides on the Secure Materials screen.

    Figure 2. Secure Materials screen—SB Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training Guides options

  2. To view the training materials for a particular grade level or all high school grades, select the appropriate button.

  3. Download the relevant training guides or exemplars as PDFs (figure 3).

    List of Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training Guides and Exemplars on the Secure Materials screen.

    Figure 3. Interim assessment hand scoring training guides and exemplars