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Newly released sample questions can help support instruction. Usability, accessibility, and accommodations guidelines usability, accessibility, and accommodations guidelines 1 introduction the smarter balanced assessment consortium smarter balanced strives to provide every student with a positive and productive assessment experience, generating results that are a fair and. Your school writing club is holding a short story contest about the great. The assessments will address visual, auditory, and physical access barriersas well as the. States in the smarter balanced assessment consortium will report scores on the assessments in. This document describes the rules agreed upon by the smarter balanced assessment consortium states for achieving fairness in test content and will help reduce subjectivity in evaluating test items for fairness. The system is aligned to the montana state standards for. Content claims are summary statements about the knowledge and skills students are expected to demonstrate on the assessment related to a particular aspect of the standards. Our assessment system, aligned to common core state standards, consists of three major components, all designed to improve teaching.