Despite being given the choice to opt out because of technical problems, Missoula County Public Schools and several other districts will continue with their Smarter Balanced testing. This is the ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Bozeman schools superintendent plans to scale back standardized tests that are part of Common Core. We've been following problems with the Smarter Balanced Assessment. It tests ...

Montana's Smarter Balanced school test scores showed a slight uptick this spring with a relatively smooth testing process, a far cry from the glitchy debacle of 2015.

State Sen. Paul Farrow has asked state schools Superintendent Tony Evers not to use student test scores from the Smarter Balanced exams for school ratings, sanctions or teacher evaluations. The ...