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STANDARDS BASED ASSESSMENT In the previous chapter, you Saw that aku standards test is an assessment instrument for which there are uniform procedure for administration, design, scoring, and reporting. It is also a procedure that, through repeated administration and Ongoing research, demonstrates criterion and construct validity. But a third, andpehaps the most important, elemeant of standardized Testing is the presuppositions of an accepted set of standards on which to base the procedure. . ELD STANDARDS The process of designing and conducting appropriate periodic reviews of ELD standards involves dozens of Curriculum and assessment specialist, teachers, and researchers (Field, 2000; Kuhlam, 2001). In Creating such benchmark for accountability ( O'Malley & Valdez Pierce, I996), there is a tremendous responsibility to carry out a Comprehensive study of a number of Domains a. Literally thousand of categories of language ranging from Phonology at one end of a conti