Ncme.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
25% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.09 s
File size
341.10 kB
Words
1384
Media files
12
Number of links
190 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - National Council on Measurement in Education
The length of the page title is perfect. (490 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://ncme.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
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The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Page quality

Content
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There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: This panel webinar brings together assessment experts and state leader...
  • Duplicate 2: This is presented by the Large-Scale Assessment SIGIMIE. Join the LSA ...
  • Duplicate 3: The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is pleased to ...
This page contains 1384 words. That's ok.
21.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
15 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 24.05 words is good.
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 28 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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4 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
NCME Journals
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 41 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H2 Events Search and Views Navigation Duplicate text
H3 Webinars
H3 State TAC Service
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H3 Event Views Navigation
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H3 December 2025
H3 January 2026
H3 February 2026
H3 April 2026
H3 Event Views Navigation Duplicate text
H3 November 2025 Duplicate text
H3 December 2025 Duplicate text
H3 January 2026 Duplicate text
H3 February 2026 Duplicate text
H3 April 2026 Duplicate text
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H4 Coffee Hour with Educators of Measurement SIGIMIE
H4 Committee on Informing Assessment Policy: Future of K12 Webinar
H4 Latest from the Nation’s Report Card: Tools, Tips, and Tricks
H4 2026 NCME Annual Meeting
H4 GSIC Fall 2025 Writing Group Duplicate text
H4 Coffee Hour with Educators of Measurement SIGIMIE Duplicate text
H4 Committee on Informing Assessment Policy: Future of K12 Webinar Duplicate text
H4 Latest from the Nation’s Report Card: Tools, Tips, and Tricks Duplicate text
H4 2026 NCME Annual Meeting Duplicate text
H4 The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a professional organization for individuals involved in assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement.
H4 During the past 20 years, the NCME membership has become more diverse, broadening the scope of the organization’s vision. Service to communities and ensuring that assessment is fair and equitable f...
H4 The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a professional organization for individuals involved in assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement. Duplicate text
H5 President’s Message – November 2025
H5 New Website, More Coming Soon
H5 NCME Honors State Technical Advisory Committee (State TAC) Service
H5 President’s Message – November 2025 Duplicate text
H5 New Website, More Coming Soon Duplicate text
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 18 external links on this page.
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HTTP redirects
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HTTP header
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The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.09 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (341 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 197 referring domains.
This page has 314 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 61 different ip addresses.

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