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Haertel, Edward; Calfee, Robert – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
The history of the relation between achievement tests and curriculum programs is reviewed, and it is concluded that content specialists are best qualified as sources of curricular goals to specify content, kinds of attainment, and standards. The specification of instructional intents is also considered from the perspective of modern cognition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum, Instructional Development

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Deno, Stanley L. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This literature review discusses the match between tests and curricula, measurement validity and instructional utility when sampling student performance in general and advantages/disadvantages of sampling performance in the curriculum. It concludes that sampling from the curriculum is not essential and outlines three critical features ensuring the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Csapo, Marg – 1991
This book chapter puts community-based rehabilitation and community-based instruction in an historical perspective by describing a number of influential social, political, legal, technological, and philosophical factors that have shaped contemporary special and regular education. The characteristics of community-based instruction, community-based…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Programs, Curriculum, Disabilities
Porter, Andrew C.; Smithson, John L. – 2001
The purpose of this paper is to report on the progress of work done by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education on developing valid yet efficient measures of instructional content and its relationship to assessment and standards. The goal is to help develop new methodologies to assess the relationships between what is taught and what is…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Course Content, Curriculum
Erickson, H. Lynn – 2001
This work reviews curricular designs, providing educators a practical structure for making curricular decisions. Chapter 1, "Making Change in a Changing World," argues that an appreciation of the role of pressure groups and partnerships is essential to a quality education plan. Chapter 2, "Concept-Based Curriculum," explores the history of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Curriculum