Publications & Resources

Aligning Curriculum, Standards, and Assessments: Fulfilling the Promise of School Reform

Dec 2004

Eva L. Baker

In this report, issues involving the alignment of curriculum, standards, and assessment are discussed. Different ways of conceptualizing alignment are provided, and its use in improving classroom instruction and student learning is described.

Baker, E. L. (2004). Aligning curriculum, standards, and assessments: Fulfilling the promise of school reform (CSE Report 645). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).