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National Assessment Governing Board, 2010
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. Results of these periodic assessments, produced in print and web-based formats, provide valuable information to a wide variety of audiences. The NAEP Assessment in mathematics has two components that differ in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Audiences, National Competency Tests
Bleyaert, Barbara – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2009
"High Schools That Work" (HSTW) is the oldest and largest of Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) several school improvement initiatives (which also include "Middle Schools That Work"). The central purpose of HSTW is to engage students so fully in their learning that they stay in school and complete a rigorous, relevant…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, State Aid, Educational Change, Data Analysis
Gadway, Charles J., Ed. – 1972
This report is the first volume of a projected series of "General Information Yearbooks" to be updated and published annually by the National Assessment of Educational Progress and is designed to aid the readers of the National Assessment's reports to understand the philosophies and goals of the project, its methods for developing…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Literature, Measurement
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Muthen, Bengt; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1995
A set of methods is proposed for the analysis of opportunity to learn (OTL) in relation to achievement in large-scale educational assessments. Methods are illustrated with data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Education Longitudinal Study. Implications for large-scale educational assessment are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Hazlett, James A. – 1971
James A. Hazlett, NAEP Administrative Director, discusses the National Assessment program as an accountability tool. The strengths and weaknesses of the program as an evaluative method in the cognitive areas are discussed at length. (MPJ) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description (Historical Background).
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
The third (1978-79) of three writing assessments conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is reported. The writing achievement of American 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds was surveyed using a deeply stratified, multistage probability sample design. The specific procedures used in the assessment to develop objectives and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Linn, Robert L.; Baker, Eva L. – 1996
During the past 6 years, under a contract from the National Center for Education Statistics, a Technical Review Panel has overseen and conducted a series of research studies addressing a range of validity questions relevant to the various uses and interpretations of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Study topics included: (1)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Policy
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Beaton, Albert E.; Zwick, Rebecca – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1992
This chapter gives an overview of the design and statistical and psychometric analysis methods of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The evolution of the NAEP continues to provide challenges to statisticians and psychometricians, as demonstrated in the expansion of the NAEP to the assessment of individual states. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rust, Keith F.; Johnson, Eugene G. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1992
Procedures for obtaining student samples for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and deriving survey weights for analysis of survey data are described. Sample designs are economically and operationally feasible, and weighting procedures result in increased precision of estimates as they account for the probabilities of student…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Burton, Nancy W. – 1978
With the view that social scientists conduct too little exploratory research, the author outlines the methods and attitudes of the exploratory analyst and describes the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as a source of research data. Exploratory analysis, in which no paradigm is used, is contrasted with confirmatory research, which…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Womer, Frank B. – 1971
This symposium deals with recent issues in the development of the National Assessment model. General goals are outlined and the following topics are discussed: "Objectives and Exercises" (Jack C. Merwin); "Sampling" (A. Finkner); and "Data Analysis" (John Milholland). (CK) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Data Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
This handbook describes the procedures used to develop, administer, and analyze the results of the 1978-79 art assessment of 9-year-olds, and 17-year-olds by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The primary purpose of the handbook is to provide detailed procedural information for people interested in replicating the assessment…
Descriptors: Administration, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
Pyecha, John N. – 1973
The proposed program represents a vehicle whereby Minnesota can conduct a comprehensive assessment of the State's educational progress. It can provide a means of periodically monitoring achievement in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. The program is modeled after the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), an ongoing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Hambleton, Ronald K.; And Others – 1982
Item response model applications to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data specifically aimed at the uses of item response models in mathematics item banking are discussed. Approaches for addressing goodness of fit were organized into three categories: Checks on model assumptions, expected features, and additional model…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores