January 2020 SME will continue to engage in projects that require a range of assessment expertise. We will continue to partner with districts seeking to develop custom assessments, to enhance the assessment literacy of local educators, and to receive a personalized assessment or evaluation experience linked directly to local needs and outcomes. We will continue […]
Moving ForwardJanuary 2020
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Feedback from private-school clients indicates a real need for an updated high school placement test. SME focuses its content and technical resources on developing a new online placement test that will take advantage of the opportunities offered via an online delivery platform. These advantages include updated content standards, augmented security, the utilization of technology-enhanced items,
The Five Skill Project BeginsApril 2018
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SME is selected by Baltimore County Public Schools to guide the district in building new district-wide unit assessments for grades K-10. SME partners with and trains over 200 teachers and curriculum leaders to work collaboratively on the development of high-quality tests aligned directly to district curriculum and pacing guides. SME provides the technical expertise to
Scaling the Custom Development ProcessMay 2015
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As a full-service assessment company, SME is selected to provide content development and psychometric support for district- and state-level assessment programs in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Depending on the project, SME is directly involved in the development, printing, distribution, analysis, and reporting of assessment products.
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District- and State-Level Assessment Work2010 – Today
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SME added a mobile scoring center with over 300 laptops, transportable server stations, and related project equipment. SME is able to use this mobile scoring center to provide extra capacity for existing projects or as a stand-alone scoring center for specific projects.
Mobile Scoring Center AddedJanuary 2009
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When the New York City Charter Schools Center sought a vendor to transition the scoring of the New York State ELA and Math tests from a paper-based approach to electronic scoring, they selected SME as their primary contractor to achieve the transition. The final SME scoring solution not only met the needs of the client
A Reputation for InnovationOctober 2008
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In addition to our core staff, SME contracts with content specialists based on the needs of individual projects. Over the series of development projects SME has completed, the organization has developed a pool of talented item writers, editors and content specialists who are utilized as needed.
The Operation Expanded September 2008
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SME maintains offices in Lafayette, Indiana and Champaign, Illinois—two university communities with a highly educated workforce. These offices house SME’s full-time staff and each site includes a performance assessment scoring center. Across the two facilities, the scoring centers have approximately 150 web-enabled scoring workstations.
Two LocationsApril 2008
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SME is selected by a national non-profit foundation to conduct assessment system audits of major school districts across the United States (e.g., Cleveland Municipal School District, New Haven Public Schools, Pasadena Unified Schools, East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, and more). The results are used to realign assessment work in each district. SME is selected by
Off to a Strong Start March 2007
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Founded in 2006 by Denis Jarvinen, Ph.D., the focus of Strategic Measurement and Evaluation, Inc. (SME) is improving the quality of assessment material, advancing the reliability and validity of assessment scoring, and promoting the effective use of assessment and evaluation data. To accomplish these goals, SME provides assessment design, development, scoring, and psychometric services to
Company Was Founded October 2006
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