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We have a mandate to align tests with standards
Summary
Our system leadership, in the light of No Child Left Behind (NCLB, see the US Department of Education website at http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb), has told us to move to an assessment system that is aligned with our State Standards. How might we proceed?
- What could we do as an immediate response?
- How might we think about tackling this challenge in the long term?
Strategies
What could we do as an immediate response?
How might we think about tackling this challenge in the long term?
Use performance tasks for classroom instruction and assessment
- Use performance tasks for district assessment
How might we think about tackling this challenge in the long term?
- Assessment-led improvement sets out a specific program for standards-based reformin which assessment plays a catalytic role.
- Standards-based improvement sets out the principles which guide all such programs.
Diagnosis
This tool will support consideration of alignment principles and issues.
