Aligning Assessment with Learning

Educators discuss aligning assessment with student learning and with state and national standards.

Aligning Assessment with Learning Goals
by Natalie Nielsen
Educators concerned about aligning assessment with national and state standards will soon have support from Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Determining What Is to be Taught: The Role of Assessment
by Nancy S. Cole
The president of the Educational Testing Service discusses the relationship between curriculum and standardized testing.

A Snapshot of Assessment in a Standards-Based Classroom
by Carol Midgett
The author, who was a member of the NCTM Standards 2000 Writing Team, uses a single classroom activity to show how assessment provides guidance for the learning journey.