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Vertical Alignment

Vertical Alignment. Snapshot Presented by Demetra Lassiter. True or False. ______1. Alignment is typically understood as the agreement between a set of content standards and an assessment used to measure those standards. True or False.

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Vertical Alignment

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  1. Vertical Alignment Snapshot Presented by Demetra Lassiter

  2. True or False ______1. Alignment is typically understood as the agreement between a set of content standards and an assessment used to measure those standards.

  3. True or False ________ 2. By establishing content standards, stakeholders in an education system determine what students are expected to know and be able to do at each grade level.

  4. True or False ________3. Educators are expected to instruct the students using curricula that follow the academic standards.

  5. True or False ________4. Ultimately, assessments are used to hold the students and teachers accountable to the standards.

  6. True or False _______5. With the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), each state is required to administer standardized achievement tests to its students.

  7. True or False _________6. The state tests must align with the standards for reading, mathematics and science.

  8. True or False _________7. The data collected from these tests are used by policymakers to evaluate and improve districts and individual schools.

  9. True or False __________8. Vertical alignment is the alignment of different parts of an entire education system.

  10. True or False ____________9. Teachers should plan classroom instructions in a way that follows the standards.

  11. True or False ________10.The standards and assessments themselves must be vertically aligned with one another so that they reflect the logical, consistent order for teaching the content in a subject area from one grade level to the next.

  12. True or False _________11. The accountability assessment results provide feedback about the strength of the education system.

  13. True or False ___________12. This data can be used by policymakers to evaluate the different levels of the education system and to make changes for improvement accordingly.

  14. True or False ___________13. These changes bring the education system into closer alignment so that its parts function in parallel toward their common goal.

  15. True or False ____________14.Ultimately, rigorous standards serve as the main force for the vertical alignment of an education system.

  16. True or False ____________15.Ultimately, improving student achievement depends on both horizontal and vertical alignment in an educational system.

  17. Reference • Horizontal and Vertical Alignment www.pearsonassessments.com/.../HorizontalVerticalAlignment.pdf

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