Analysis of students' assessments in middle school curriculum materials: Aiming precisely at benchmarks and standards

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A Common Measurement System for K-12 STEM education: Adopting an educational evaluation methodology that elevates theoretical foundations and systems thinking (2014, background): “Stern and Ahlgren (2002) provide tangible examples and detail 10 categories of tasks that measure application of science knowledge, for example, one task category is:”
Large‐scale science education intervention research we can use (2012, background): “The most widely available curriculum materials reflected few of the ideals of the standards, both with respect to providing students opportunities to learn from direct encounters with phenomena (Kesidou & Roseman, 2002) and with respect to assessment (Stern & Ahlgren, 2002).”
FOCUS ARTICLE: Implications of Research on Children's Learning for Standards and Assessment: A Proposed Learning Progression for Matter and the Atomic-Molecular Theory (2006, background): “…not to monitor what students actually know about core ideas as a feedback to instruction … ( p. 905) We believe that research on children’s learning provides valuable tools and strategies for developing large-scale and classroom assessments that have the qualities Stern and Ahlgren (2002) sought.”