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Standards and Tests: Keeping Them Aligned. Research Points, Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 2003
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Resnick, Lauren B., Ed.; Zurawsky, Chris, Ed. – American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2003
The "No Child Left Behind" Act requires that states align K-12 assessments with their academic standards for what students should know and be able to do. Alignment is at the core of standards-based education. The theory is that student achievement will improve if all parts of the system pull in the same direction. Under such a system, curriculum…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Standards