Surely they’re not naive enough to think that replacing it with the Smarter Balanced test would not immediately generate expensive Smarter Balanced Test Prep courses that are exactly the same.
There’s minimal difference today in that test because the results don’t really mean much. In PA we have tests in Bio, Algebra, and English that every student must take. Nothing above passing earns you anything, so my D did zero preparation for them.
Sounds like it’s at least a year out.