The Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC), implemented in California in 2014-15 as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, is designed to evaluate students' levels of college and career readiness. Student scores on the Smarter Balanced Assessment are currently used for both accountability and school improvement purposes. In this research brief, the authors describe early college outcomes for the 2014-15 cohort of California 11th graders, the first cohort of 11th grade SBAC takers. Specifically, they explain how well the Smarter Balanced Assessment, high school grade point average, and SAT predict first-year college outcomes for students enrolled in the California State University (CSU) system and at the University of California (UC) campuses. The authors also report how the relationship between these assessments and early college outcomes differs by key student subgroups (race/ethnicity and socioeconomic disadvantage). [For the 2018 report, see ED591086.]