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Commentary: Review and Other Views--'Alignment' as a Psychometric Issue

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Title: Commentary: Review and Other Views--'Alignment' as a Psychometric Issue
Language: English
Authors: Beck, Michael D.
Source: Applied Measurement in Education. 2007 20(1):127-135.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2007
Document Type: Journal Articles
Opinion Papers
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Research Methodology, Review (Reexamination), Measurement, Reader Response, Meta Analysis, Content Analysis
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame2001_7
ISSN: 0895-7347
Abstract: This article addresses the set of articles in this special issue of "Applied Measurement in Education" and reflects on the issues that underlie the articles. The authors, as a set, represent many of the professionals who have developed and studied the methodological procedures related to instruction-assessment alignment over the past decade. This article provides a few observations about the process and politics of "alignment" and then comments briefly about selected issues raised in the articles, as a whole and individually.
Abstractor: Author
Entry Date: 2007
Accession Number: EJ752687
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article addresses the set of articles in this special issue of "Applied Measurement in Education" and reflects on the issues that underlie the articles. The authors, as a set, represent many of the professionals who have developed and studied the methodological procedures related to instruction-assessment alignment over the past decade. This article provides a few observations about the process and politics of "alignment" and then comments briefly about selected issues raised in the articles, as a whole and individually.
ISSN:0895-7347
DOI:10.1207/s15324818ame2001_7