HSA & SBA
The Smarter Balanced and HSA Science Parent Information Booklets (PIBs) are available in English and 14 translated languages. No printed PIBs will be provided to schools.
What Every Parent Should Know About the Smarter Balanced Assessments and the Hawai‘i State Science (NGSS) Assessments
Which assessments will my child take?
If your child is enrolled in grades 3–8 or 11, your child will take the Hawai‘i Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics Assessments.
The Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment consists of a computer adaptive test (CAT) as well as a performance task (PT).
The Smarter Balanced Mathematics Assessment consists of a computer adaptive test (CAT) only.
If your child is enrolled in grade 5 or 8, your child will also take the Hawai‘i State Science (NGSS) Assessment.
When and how often will the assessments be administered?
Test window information for the Smarter Balanced Assessments is available on alohahsap.org.
Your child will take the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics Assessments once for each content area. Your child's school will inform you of its testing schedule and when your child will take each content area assessment.
Your child’s school will inform you of its testing schedule and whether your child will take the Hawai‘i State Science Assessment one or two times.
Resource Videos
Intro to State Testing
SBA Practice Test for Families
Successful Test Taking Tips
Use SEL to Handle SBA Testing Time