State Superintendent Tony Thurmond announced the availability of Tools for Teachers from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. This easy-to-use website features lessons and strategies to support instruction, save teachers time in developing quality lessons, and help prepare students for college or career success.

The Tools for Teachers website focuses on the formative assessment process, which helps teachers identify where students are in their learning, where they are heading, and how they will reach their learning goals. All of the website’s resources include recommended teaching strategies that support diverse learners and can be modified by teachers to meet instructional needs during in-person or distance learning.

This website includes lessons, classroom activities, teaching strategies, professional learning, and links to additional Smarter Balanced resources. It is designed in such a way that resources can be used in conjunction with the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Blocks.