As part of state transitions to college- and career-ready (CCR) standards, including the Common Core State Standards in more than 40 states (NGA & CCSSO, 2010), states are for the first time administering new summative assessments aligned to those standards and aiming for a higher bar in assessment quality. For a majority of states, this means the "consortia assessments"--the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) or Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced). In this supplement to the original "Right Trajectory" study, the authors evaluate only the Smarter Balanced consortium assessment. To do this, they assembled a group of former State Teachers of the Year (STOYs) from multiple states, each of whom has been recognized at local and state levels for their teaching excellence. The panel reviewed the 5th grade Smarter Balanced and two prior state assessments: OAKS from Oregon and the Nevada state assessments (both states currently use Smarter Balanced). The results were clear: There was consensus across participating teachers that the new consortium assessment--Smarter Balanced--is an improvement and still the right trajectory. [For "The Right Trajectory," see ED581172. For "Beginning a Higher Trajectory: Grade 11 Study," see ED581170.]