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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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Pak, Katie; Polikoff, Morgan S.; Desimone, Laura M.; Saldívar García, Erica – AERA Open, 2020
The ambitious goals of standards-based reform call for both technical and adaptive leadership to address problems of practice involving the technical and adaptive alignment of teachers' instruction to the standards. Thus, standards-aligned curriculum implementation necessitates both types of strategies; otherwise, adaptive challenges will persist.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Standard Setting