Alignment and implications for test takers

CJ Welch, SB Dunbar - Educational Measurement: Issues and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The use of assessment results to inform school accountability relies on the assumption that
the test design appropriately represents the content and cognitive emphasis reflected in the …

Gauging uncertainty in test-to-curriculum alignment indices

A Traynor, T Li, S Zhou - Applied Measurement in Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
During the development of large-scale school achievement tests, panels of independent
subject-matter experts use systematic judgmental methods to rate the correspondence …

Educational Testing Practice and Policy Evolution: 1980s to 2019

MD Reckase - 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This article traces the changes that have occurred in educational testing, mainly from the
1980s to 2019. It includes both a description of the changes and the external influences that …

Rater Agreement in Alignment Studies.

AD Fina - Educational Measurement: Issues & Practice, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
The large proportion of variance not attributable to items highlights the need for increased
rigor in alignment methods and the utility of data like these as a formative component in …