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Atchison, Drew; Garet, Michael S.; Smith, Toni M.; Song, Mengli – AERA Open, 2022
This paper uses a validity argument approach to examine the validity evidence for measures of instructional alignment based on an instrument adapted from the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC). Using the instrument, Grade 4 math and Grade 5 English language arts teachers reported the level of emphasis they gave to subject-specific topics and…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), State Standards, Academic Standards, Test Validity
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Koedel, Cory; Li, Diyi; Polikoff, Morgan S.; Hardaway, Tenice; Wrabel, Stephani L. – AERA Open, 2017
We estimate relative achievement effects of the four most commonly adopted elementary mathematics textbooks in the fall of 2008 and fall of 2009 in California. Our findings indicate that one book, Houghton Mifflin's "California Math," is more effective than the other three, raising student achievement by 0.05 to 0.08 student-level…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Textbooks