A. The SBA Label may be used by schools to label the earphones/earbuds that will be used by students to take the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments. The label includes students’ logon credentials, Preferred Name (if applicable), their District ID, last and middle name, grade, period, an asterisk if there is another student in the class with the same first name so teachers can verify information before distributing logon credentials.

A. The SBA Exemption Report will be available on March 9, 2016.

A. The SBA Exemption Report may be used to identify English learners that have been enrolled less than 12 cumulative months in a U.S. public school and therefore may be exempted from the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment in English-language arts. Schools must use local records to verify information.