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Lorié, William – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
State assessment leaders are concerned about the challenges with receiving full approval from the U.S. Department of Education (USED) when using the ACT or the SAT as their assessment of high school achievement. USED has asked states opting to use the ACT or the SAT as the achievement indicator under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), College Entrance Examinations, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Achieve, Inc., 2018
In 2016, 20 states administered the ACT exam to all high school students. Of those 20 states, three use the ACT in their statewide testing program as an assessment for accountability at the high school level. States using the tests as part of an accountability system are required to submit results from an independent alignment study to the U.S.…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), College Entrance Examinations, Common Core State Standards, High School Students