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Under Construction: Benchmark Assessments and Common Core Math Implementation in Grades K-8. Formative Evaluation Cycle Report for the Math in Common Initiative, Volume 1
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Flaherty, John, Jr.; Sobolew-Shubin, Alexandria; Heredia, Alberto; Chen-Gaddini, Min; Klarin, Becca; Finkelstein, Neal D. – WestEd, 2014
Math in Common® (MiC) is a five-year initiative that supports a formal network of 10 California school districts as they implement the Common Core State Standards in mathematics (CCSS-M) across grades K-8. As the MiC initiative moves into its second year, one of the central activities that each of the districts is undergoing to support CCSS…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Formative Evaluation, Program Implementation, Middle Schools
Testing under the Microscope: How Common Core-Aligned Assessments Place Demands on Time, Technology, and Connectivity
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Stephens, Wendy – Knowledge Quest, 2014
School librarians and other specialists should take note of the new wave of computer-based assessments required by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), testing that is only now beginning to get off the ground. The new testing necessitates that districts possess the right hardware, install the requisite software, and, in some cases, create…
Descriptors: State Standards, Alignment (Education), School Libraries, Librarians
Validity Evidence for Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) Performance Standard Cut-Scores for Reading and Mathematics.
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MacQuarrie, Duncan – 2003
This study was designed to contribute to the validity evidence for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) by providing additional descriptive data about the performance standards in reading and mathematics at grades 4, 7, and 10. After the realignment of norm-referenced tests, large numbers of students taking the WASL had…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Mathematics, Norm Referenced Tests
State Standards and State Assessment Systems: A Guide to Alignment. Series on Standards and Assessments.
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La Marca, Paul M.; Redfield, Doris; Winter, Phoebe C. – 2000
Alignment of content standards, performance standards, and assessments is crucial. This guide contains information to assist states and districts in aligning their assessment systems to their content and performance standards. It includes a review of current literature, both published and fugitive. The research is woven together with a few basic…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
A Pilot Study of the Use of the Assess Test to Predict Success on the National Council Licensure Examination.
Wisenbaker, Sue; Lee, Mickey M. – 1985
The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant relationship existed between nursing students' scores on the Mosby Assess Test and the students' scores on the National Council Licensure Examination. The subjects consisted of 172 nursing students in their last semester of the Associate Degree Nursing program at the Eastern Kentucky…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Educational Assessment
Washington Elementary Schools on the Slow Track under Standards-Based Reform. Making Standards Work, 2001.
McCarthy, Maria S. – 2001
This study examined the experiences of 15 elementary schools in Washington state demonstrating relatively slow improvement on the reading and mathematics sections of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Since the passage of educational reform legislation in 1993, Washington has undertaken a systematic overhaul of its K-12 public school…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools