The document describes the EducationalAlignment object which is used to describe alignments between learning resources and nodes in educational frameworks. It provides examples of alignments to standards like Common Core State Standards and frameworks like the Library of Congress Classification system. The EducationalAlignment object has properties like alignmentType, targetUrl, targetName, and educationalFramework to specify the relationship between a learning resource and a taxonomy.

1. LRMI
EducationalAlignment
Brandt Redd – Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
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2. EducationalAlignment - AlignmentObject
• “An intangible item that describes an alignment between a learning
resource and a node in an educational framework.”
• The relationship between a piece of content a taxonomy.
Taxonomy
(Achievement Standard
or other framework)
Learning
Resources
(Content)
LRMI

3. The Relationship Has Properties
Alignment
Driver
Passenger
Mechanic
Designer
Owner

4. Optional
Deprecated
Align to: Common Core State Standards
EducationalAlignment
• alignmentType: Teaches
• targetUrl: http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/5/NBT/A/3
• targetDescription: Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
• targetName: n/a
• educationalFramework: CCSS
(Fields are optional or deprecated in this particular case!)

5. Optional
Deprecated
Align to: Library of Congress Classification
(LCC)
EducationalAlignment
• alignmentType: EducationalSubject
• targetUrl: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/sj96005480
• targetName: Fishing
• targetDescription: n/a
• educationalFramework: LCC
(Fields are optional or deprecated in this particular case!)

6. Optional
Align to: Dewey Decimal
EducationalAlignment
• alignmentType: EducationalSubject
• educationalFramework: Dewey Decimal
• targetName: 327
• targetDescription: International Relations
(Fields are optional or deprecated in this particular case!)

7. Optional
Deprecated
Align to: U.S. Grade Level
EducationalAlignment
• alignmentType: GradeLevel
• targetUrl: http://ceds.ed.gov/enumerations/gradelevel/04
• targetName: Grade 4
• targetDescription: n/a
• educationalFramework: CEDS
(Fields are optional or deprecated in this particular case!)
CEDS has defined enumerations for grade level but has not yet assigned URLs. That work is
pending and will be ready shortly. The above example is what it might look like.

8. Optional
Deprecated
Align to: Lexile Text Complexity
EducationalAlignment
• alignmentType: TextComplexity
• targetUrl: http://lexile.com/732L
• targetName: 732L
• targetDescription: n/a
• educationalFramework: Metametrics Lexile
(Fields are optional or deprecated in this particular case!)
Metametrics is in the process of assigning URLs to Lexile values. That work is pending and will be
ready shortly. The above example is what it might look like. The Common Core State Standards
endorces five other frameworks for text complexity any of which might also be used.