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CONTENT ALIGNMENT
The information on this page is described in greater detail
in Practice
to Achieve Technical Bulletin 1: Content Validity.
ALIGNMENT: P2A BLUEPRINTS
The P2A English-Language Arts blueprint and P2A Mathematics blueprint
are designed so that each P2A session meets or exceeds CAHSEE coverage
at every standard. When coverage is exceeded, supplemental items
are used to address different dimensions of the same CAHSEE standard.
| CAHSEE
Number Sense Standards |
CAHSEE
Blueprint |
P2A
Blueprint |
| NS 2.1 Understand
negative whole-number exponents. Multiply and divide expressions
involving exponents with a common base. |
|
2
items* |
| NS 2.2 Add and
subtract fractions by using factoring to find common denominators. |
1 item |
2 items |
| NS 2.3 Multiply,
divide, and simplify rational numbers by using exponent rules. |
1 item |
1 item |
| * |
In P2A one NS 2.1 item
covers negative exponents and the other
NS 2.1 item covers multiplying or dividing exponential expressions. |
ALIGNMENT: P2A ITEMS
While many test-preparation products make use of generic item banks
that only loosely match specific state standards, P2A uses only
high quality items written by CAHSEE writers specifically to the
CAHSEE standards. This ensures that:
- P2A items measure the same standards as CAHSEE items
- P2A items test CAHSEE content in the same ways as CAHSEE items
- P2A items are subjected to the same editorial standards as CAHSEE
items
- P2A items have the same range of difficulty as CAHSEE items
- P2A items have the same look and feel as CAHSEE items
- See released CAHSEE items for ELA (2002
| 2001)
- See released CAHSEE items for Mathematics (2002
| 2001)
"Released test item from CAHSEE" reprinted,
by permission, from California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), California
Department of Education. P.O. Box 271, Sacramento, CA 95812-0271 |
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