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Common Core Standards and their Impact on Standardized Test Design: A New York Case Study
With adoption of the Common Core (CCSS) in a majority of U.S. states came development
of new high-stakes exams. Though researchers have investigated CCSS and
related policies, less attention has been directed toward understanding how standards
are translated into testing. Due to the influence that high-stakes tests exert on classroom
teaching, research is needed to investigate what kinds of changes in test content
are associated with CCSS, as well as the potential impact of these changes on students
and teachers. Accordingly, this case study examines changes made to one high-stakes
exam by comparing pre- and post-CCSS literacy tests administered to high school
students in New York. The study responds to the following: (1) How did the adoption of
CCSS alter the design of high school literacy exams in New York? (2) To what extent do
exams represent measures of college readiness as opposed to early college equivalence?
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Show moreWith adoption of the Common Core (CCSS) in a majority of U.S. states came development
of new high-stakes exams. Though researchers have investigated CCSS and
related policies, less attention has been directed toward understanding how standards
are translated into testing. Due to the influence that high-stakes tests exert on classroom
teaching, research is needed to investigate what kinds of changes in test content
are associated with CCSS, as well as the potential impact of these changes on students
and teachers. Accordingly, this case study examines changes made to one high-stakes
exam by comparing pre- and post-CCSS literacy tests administered to high school
students in New York. The study responds to the following: (1) How did the adoption of
CCSS alter the design of high school literacy exams in New York? (2) To what extent do
exams represent measures of college readiness as opposed to early college equivalence?
(3) What are the implications of CCSS exam adaptations for the goal of preparing
students to be college and career ready? Findings suggest that the rush to
implement more rigorous CCSS exams resulted in an exceedingly long and difficult
exam that is more representative of early college equivalence rather than of college
readiness.
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- Polleck, J.N.; Jeffery, J.V.
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- Polleck J.N., Jeffery J.V.
- Date
- 2017-11-07
- Journal
- High School Journal
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1 - 26