The Technical Issues in Large Scale Assessment State Collaborative on Assessments and Student Standards (TILSA SCASS) of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) commissioned Dr. Ellen Forte to write the white paper, Evaluating Alignment in Large-Scale Standards-Based Assessment Systems, in 2017. Through this paper, Dr. Forte explores technical and theoretical issues surrounding the evaluation of alignment in large-scale assessment systems for the general student population and for students with cognitive disabilities. This paper also specifically addresses the U.S. federal peer review requirements related to alignment. Click here to read the full text.
