The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments are comprehensive end of year assessments in English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics and measure progress toward college and career readiness. The tests capitalize on the strengths of computer adaptive testing—efficient and precise measurement across the full range of achievement and timely turnaround of results.

Both the ELA and mathematics assessments are comprised of two parts:

(1) Computer adaptive test

(2) Performance task

California Department of Education