NAEP and WorkKeys Content Comparison: Reading

The Alignment of the NAEP Grade 12 Reading Assessment and the WorkKeys Reading for Information Assessment

ACT, INC., 2010, GRADE 12

Study comparing the alignment between the NAEP Grade 12 Reading assessment and ACT, Inc.’s WorkKeys Reading for Information assessment, which focuses on the workplace.

This report describes the result of an alignment study between the NAEP Grade 12 Reading assessment and ACT, Inc.’s WorkKeys Reading for Information assessment. The WorkKeys assessment is a widely recognized standardized test related to the workplace, which is why it was selected for this study.

The alignment study was conducted over the course of a week in January 2010 at ACT’s national headquarters in Iowa City, IA, using two concurrent, replicate panels of reading content experts from across the United States.

Content Alignment: JOB TRAINING | READING | WORKKEYS