Benchmarking and Alignment of Standards and Testing

Benchmarking and Alignment of Standards and Testing CSE Technical Report 566 Robert Rothman, Jean B. Slattery, and Jennifer L. Vranek Achieve, Inc. Lauren B. Resnick CRESST/University of Pittsburgh

May 2002

Center for the Study of Evaluation National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095-1522 (310) 206-1532

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Benchmarking and Alignment of Standards and Testing

Published on Jan 21, 2015

NextGenScience

May 01, 2002 The success of standards-based education systems depends on two elements: strong standards, and assessments that measure what the standards expect. States that have or adopt test-based accountability programs claim that their tests are aligned to their standards. But there had been, up to this point, no independent methodology for checking alignment. This paper describes and illustrates such a methodology and reports results on a sample of state tests. In general, individual test items are reasonably well matched to the standards they are meant to assess. But the collection of items in a test tend to measure only a few of the less challenging standards and objectives. As a result, few state tests can be said to be well-aligned assessments of challenging standards.

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