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- ↑ Smarter Balanced, Members, retrieved, March 13, 2015 "Member States | Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ↑ Robert Rothman, "The Promise of New State Tests, Two consortia plan better tests, but will they lead to better instruction?" Harvard Education Letter Nov//Dec. 2010 http://hepg.org/hel-home/issues/26_6/helarticle/the-promise-of-new-state-tests_485