Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessments in Five Case Study States
Many educational policymakers have recommended increasing the "alignment" among assessment measures administered to incoming college students, with the goal of consolidating various measures so that multiple uses could be derived from fewer tests. This study describes alignment among different math and language arts assessments administered to secondary and incoming first-year college students. The author did not find evidence of large discrepancies among tests; instead, the numerous smaller discrepancies generally reflected variations in test purpose.
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- Pages: 218
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- Document Number: MR-1530.0-EDU
- Year: 2002
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Contents
Preface PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments PDF
Chapter One
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two
Methodology and Limitations PDF
Chapter Three
Alignment Among Secondary and Postsecondary Assessments in California PDF
Chapter Four
Alignment Among Secondary and Postsecondary Assessments in Georgia PDF
Chapter Five
Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessments in Maryland PDF
Chapter Six
Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessments in Oregon PDF
Chapter Seven
Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessments in Texas PDF
Chapter Eight
Summary and Conclusion PDF
Appendix A1
Math Categories Guide PDF
Appendix A2
English/Language Arts Categories Guide PDF
Appendix B
Kappa Values for Coding Categories PDF
References PDF
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