NAEP and WorkKeys Content Comparison: Mathematics

The Alignment of the NAEP Grade 12 Mathematics Assessment and the WorkKeys Applied Mathematics Assessment

ACT, INC., 2010, GRADE 12

Study examining the alignment between the NAEP Grade 12 Mathematics assessment and ACT, Inc.’s WorkKeys Applied Mathematics assessment, which focuses on the workplace.

This report describes an alignment study between the NAEP Grade 12 Mathematics assessment and ACT, Inc.’s WorkKeys Applied Mathematics 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 primarily over the course of a week in January 2010 at ACT’s national headquarters in Iowa City, IA, using two concurrent, replicate panels of math content experts from across the United States. A final portion of the study was conducted remotely in February 2010.

Content Alignment: JOB TRAINING | WORKKEYS | MATHEMATICS