How well aligned are state assessments of student achievement with state content standards?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 965-995

  Polikoff, Morgan S ^a   Porter, Andrew C ^b   Smithson, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assessment; Curriculum; Education policy; High stakes testing; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960321952     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831211410684     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Barghaus K.M.,Porter A.C.,Polikoff M.S.Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association; Denver, CO;.
2. Chatterji M.Models and methods for examining standards-based reforms and accountability initiatives: Have the tools of inquiry answered pressing questions on improving schools?.Review of Educational Research. 2002;72 (3): 345-386.
3. Clune W.H.Designing coherent educational policy. Fuhrman S.H., ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 1993:125-140.
4. Clune W.H.From the capitol to the classroom: Standards-based reform in the state. One hundredth yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Fuhrman S.H., ed. Madison, WI: University of Chicago Press; 2001:13-38.
5. Cohen D.K.Contributing to educational change: Perspectives on research and practice. Jackson P.W., ed. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan; 1989:27-84.
6. Cohen D.K.What is the system in systemic reform?.Educational Researcher. 1995;24 (9): 11-17.
7. Cohen D.K.,Spillane J.P.Policy and practice: The relations between governance and instruction.Review of Research in Education. 1992;18:3-49.
8. Cuban L.How teachers taught: Constancy and change in American classrooms 1890-1980. New York, NY: Longman; 1984:.
9. Gamoran A.,Porter A.C.,Smithson J.,White P.A.Upgrading high school mathematics instruction: Improving learning opportunities for low-achieving, low-income youth.Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 1997;19 (4): 325-338.
10. Goodlad J.I.A place called school. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 1984:.
11. Hamilton L.S.,Berends M.Instructional practices related to standards and assessments. Santa Monica, CA: RAND; 2006:.
12. Jennings J.H.Why national standards and tests? Politics and the quest for better schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1998:.
13. Kane M.T.Terminology, emphasis, and utility in validation.Educational Researcher. 2008;37 (2): 76-82.
14. Koretz D.M.,Barron S.I.,Mitchell K.J.,Stecher B.M.Perceived effects of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System. Santa Monica, CA: RAND; 1996:.
15. Koretz D.M.,Mitchell K.J.,Barron S.I.,Keith S.Final report: Perceived effects of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program. Los Angeles, CA: CRESST; 1996:.
16. Martone A.,Sireci S.G.Evaluating alignment between curriculum, assessment, and instruction.Review of Educational Research. 2009;79 (4): 1332-1361.
17. McLaughlin M.W.The RAND Change Agent Study revisited: Macro perspectives and micro realities.Educational Researcher. 1990;19 (9): 11-16.
18. Principles and standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: Author; 2000:.
19. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425 (2002).
20. O'Day J.A.,Smith M.S.Designing coherent education policy. Fuhrman S.H., ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 1993:250-312.
21. Polikoff M.S.Instructional sensitivity as a psychometric property of assessments.Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. 2010;29 (4): 3-14.
22. Popham J.W.Instructional insensitivity of tests: Accountability's dire drawback.Phi Delta Kappan. 2007;89 (2): 146-155.
23. Porter A.C.Measuring the content of instruction: Uses in research and practice.Educational Researcher. 2002;31 (7): 3-14.
24. Porter A.C.Handbook of complementary methods in education research. Green J.L.Camilli G.Elmore P.B., ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; 2006:141-160.
25. Porter A.C.,Floden R.E.,Freeman D.J.,Schmidt W.H.,Schwille J.R.Perspectives on research on effective mathematics teaching. Grouws D.Cooney T., ed. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; 1988:96-142.
26. Porter A.C.,Kirst M.W.,Osthoff E.J.,Smithson J.,Schneider S.A.Reform up close: An analysis of high school mathematics and science classrooms. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Center for Education Research; 1993:.
27. Porter A.C.,Polikoff M.S.,Zeidner T.,Smithson J.The quality of content analyses of state student achievement tests and state content standards.Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. 2008;27 (4): 2-14.
28. Ravitch D.National standards in American education: A citizen's guide. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution; 1995:.
29. Resnick L.B.,Rothman R.,Slattery J.B.,Vranek J.L.Benchmark and alignment of standards and testing.Educational Assessment. 2003;9 (1&2): 1-27.
30. Smith M.S.,O'Day J.A.The politics of curriculum and testing: Politics of Education Association yearbook. Fuhrman S.H.Malen B., ed. Bristol, PA: Falmer Press; 1991:233-267.
31. Stecher B.M.,Chun T.School and classroom practices during two years of education reform in Washington state. Los Angeles, CA: CRESST; 2001:.
32. Tyack D.B.,Cuban L.Tinkering toward utopia: A century of public school reform. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1995:.
33. Webb N.L.Alignment of science and mathematics standards and assessments in four states. Madison, WI: National Institute for Science Education; 1999:.
34. Webb N.L.Alignment study of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies of state standards and assessments in four states. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers; 2002:.
35. Webb N.L.Alignment analysis of mathematics standards and assessments, Michigan, high school. Madison, WI: Author; 2005:.
36. Webb N.L.Alignment analysis of mathematics standards and assessments, Tennessee Grades 3-9. Madison, WI: Author; 2006:.
37. Webb N.L.Issues related to judging the alignment of curriculum standards and assessments.Applied Measurement in Education. 2007;20 (1): 7-25.
38. Wixson K.K.,Fisk M.C.,Dutro E.,McDaniel J.The alignment of state standards and assessments in elementary reading. Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement; 2002:.