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Science Assessment Item Collaborative Assessment Framework
The Assessment Framework provides a range of options and accompanying rationales for the development of NGSS-aligned items and summative assessments. It includes the overall test design, description of an aligned test item cluster as the foundational unit of an NGSS-aligned assessment, specifications for various types of test items, and accessibility principles.
