How do academic content and achievement standards relate to the state assessment?
According to current federal policies, state assessments given for the purpose of system accountability for student achievement are to be aligned to the state academic content standards, and independent studies must describe that alignment. Experts recommend that states provide teacher and parent-friendly descriptions of the precise knowledge and skills assessed by the accountability assessments. Practitioners are encouraged to work with state or district assessment offices as they move toward more complete descriptions of the academic content assessed by the state assessment. This can help teachers and parents ensure that students are appropriately instructed in a curriculum based on grade-level standards that will be assessed.
