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Smart Testing: Let's Get It Right. How Assessment-Savvy Have States Become Since NCLB? AFT Policy Brief Number 19

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American Federation of Teachers, 2006

Smart testing is concerned with what is tested and why, whether the testing instruments are up to the task, and how test results are used. Smart testing provides information in a timely fashion, and uses results to make accurate generalizations drawn from the data. This report is concerned with three smart testing components: (1) strong state…

Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Test Results, Testing, High Stakes Tests

Alignment Analysis and Content Validity of the Wisconsin Assessment for Students with Disabilities. WCER Working Paper No. 2003-2

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Roach, Andrew T.; Elliott, Stephen N.; Webb, Norman L. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2003

The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine the extent to which (a) the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment (WAA) adequately measures the skills and concepts that make up the curriculum and instruction of students with significant disabilities; and (b) the WAA adequately measures the concepts and skill areas represented in Wisconsin's…

Descriptors: Test Validity, Rating Scales, Individualized Education Programs, Content Validity