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Noell, Jay; Ginsburg, Alan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
The report, "Evaluation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress", provides a number of recommendations for addressing validity concerns about NAEP. This article identifies actions that could be taken by the Congress, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Assessment Governing Board--which share responsibility for…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Federal Government, Public Agencies, Test Validity
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Porter, Andrew C.; Smithson, John; Blank, Rolf; Zeidner, Timothy – Applied Measurement in Education, 2007
With the exception of the procedures developed by Porter and colleagues (Porter, 2002), other methods of defining and measuring alignment are essentially limited to alignment between tests and standards. Porter's procedures have been generalized to investigating the alignment between content standards, tests, textbooks, and even classroom…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Uses in Education, Instructional Innovation, Guidance Programs