NAEP and SAT Content Comparison: Reading

Comprehensive Report: Alignment of 2009 NAEP Grade 12 Reading and SAT Critical Reading

WESTED, 2010, GRADE 12

For reading, this report describes the four sub-studies comparing the two assessments—NAEP and SAT—to the 2009 NAEP Framework and to the SAT framework.

The study discussed in this report evaluates the alignment between the NAEP and SAT assessments in reading. The study design is comprised of a qualitative comparison of the NAEP reading framework and the SAT reading specifications, conducted in March 2010, and a series of alignment activities designed to investigate the degree of alignment between the pairs of assessments and frameworks/specifications. These alignment activities are comprised of a series of four sub-studies to determine the degree of alignment between 1) the Grade 12 NAEP assessment and the NAEP framework, 2) the SAT assessment and the SAT framework, 3) the Grade 12 NAEP assessment and the SAT framework, and 4) the SAT assessment and the NAEP framework.

Content Alignment: SAT | READING | COLLEGE