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1. Deep understanding of the assessment process and best practices

2. Experience in developing assessments across multiple subject areas

3. Spanish guidelines that fully consider cultural and linguistic nuances

4. Bilingual editors, writers, and translators

4 Keys to Developing Assessments in Spanish

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Experienced assessment editors, writers, and translators are equipped to understand and apply the nuances of each project’s unique guidelines.

1. Deep understanding of the assessment process and best practices

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Multidisciplinary expertise is needed to execute assessments that adhere to CCSS ELA Literacy standards and NGSS crosscutting concepts. These assessments help ensure students can integrate multiple subject areas, which they need to succeed in most careers.

2. Experience in developing assessments across multiple subject areas

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Validity and reliability issues often arise when Spanish assessments are developed based on English guidelines. We need Spanish guidelines that include:

• using the most neutral Spanish possible • using Spanish readability scores • following Spanish literacy rules • using authentic passages from Ibero-American

authors, together with development of original high-quality passages

3. Spanish guidelines that fully consider cultural and linguistic nuances

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Bilingual team members who understand both cultures are better equipped to decide when items and passages can be developed following English standards, when they should be translated with minor adjustments, and when they need to be transadapted.

4. Bilingual editors, writers, and translatorsand