The process of linking content and performance standards to assessment, instruction, and learning in classrooms.
Most educational products claim to be aligned to state and professional standards.
An umbrella term for any question that is not multiple-choice, in which students supply a response rather than select from multiple responses to a question. Other names for these assessments include exhibitions, investigations, demonstrations, written or oral responses, journals, and portfolios. Benchmark A specific level of performance expected of students at a particular age, grade, or developmental level. An assessment developed, administered, and scored by a teacher or set of teachers in order to evaluate individual or whole-class performance on a topic. Content Standards Broadly stated expectations of what students should know and be able to do in particular subjects and grade levels.