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No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.  \nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary ......................................... 7  \n1. Introduction ............................................ 10  \n1.1 NSCAS Overview ..................................... 10  \n1.2 Background ......................................... 11  \n1.3 Schedule of Major Events ................................. 11  \n1.4 Building a Validity Argument ................................ 12  \n1.4.1 Intended Purposes and Uses of Test Results .................. 13  \n1.4.2 Theory of Action .................................. 14  \n2. Test Design and Development .................................. 16  \n2.1 Test Design ......................................... 16  \n2.2 Academic Content Standards ............................... 17  \n2.3 Blueprints .......................................... 17  \n2.4 Item Types ......................................... 18  \n2.5 Depth of Knowledge (DOK) ................................ 18  \n2.6 ALD Development ..................................... 19  \n2.6.1 Policy ALDs ..................................... 19  \n2.6.2 Range ALDs .................................... 20  \n2.6.2.1 ELA and Mathematics .......................... 20  \n2.6.2.2 Science .................................. 22  \n2.6.3 Reporting ALDs .................................. 23  \n2.7 ELA Passage Development ................................ 23  \n2.8 Item Development ..................................... 23  \n2.8.1 Item Specifications ................................. 24  \n2.8.2 Item Retirement .................................. 24  \n2.9 Content Alignment ..................................... 24  \n2.9.1 Alignment and Adaptive Testing .......................... 25  \n2.9.2 2019 Mathematics Alignment Study ....................... 26  \n2.10 Universal Design ...................................... 26  \n2.11 Sensitivity and Fairness .................................. 26  \n2.12 Test Construction ...................................... 27  \n2.13 Data Review of Field Tested Items ............................ 27  \n3. Test Administration and Security ................................ 30  \n3.1 User Roles and Responsibilities ............................. 30  \n3.2 Administration Training ................................... 31  \n3.3 Item Type Samplers .................................... 32  \n3.4 Accommodations and Accessibility Features ....................... 32  \n3.5 User Acceptance Testing (UAT) .............................. 35  \n3.6 Student Participation .................................... 36  \n3.6.1 Paper-Pencil Participation Criteria ........................ 37  \n3.6.2 Participation of English Language Learners (ELLs) ............... 37  \n3.6.3 Participation of Recently Arrived Limited English Proficient Students ..... 37  \n3.7 Test Security ........................................ 38  \n3.7.1 Test Security .................................... 38  \n3.7.1.1 Physical Warehouse Security...................... 38  \n3.7.1.2 Secure Destruction of Test Materials.................. 38  \n3.7.1.3 Shipping Security............................. 38  \n3.7.1.4 Electronic Security of Test Materials and Data............. 39  \n3.7.2 Caveon Test Security ............................... 39  \n3.7.2.1 Monitoring for Disclosure of Test Content................ 39  \n3.7.2.2 Monitoring for Potential Test Security Violations............ 39  \n3.8 Partner Support ...................................... 41  \n4. 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