Assessing and Tracking Progress in Reading Comprehension: The Search for Keystone Elements in College and Career Readiness SBAC TCA CCR PARCC CCSS AD
- Author(s):
- Valencia, Sheila W.; Pearson, P. David; Wixson, Karen K.
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Source:
- Paper presented at the Invitational Research Symposium on Through-Course Summative Assessments, April 2011
- Document Type:
- Paper
- Page Count:
- 48
- Subject/Key Words:
- Through-Course Assessment (TCA), College and Career Readiness (CCR), SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Assessment Development (AD), ETS K-12 Center
Abstract
The assessments under development by PARCC and SBAC are intended to provide useful information to American teachers, schools, and policy makers who aspire to ensure high degrees of college and career readiness among high school graduates.