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Peer reviewedSebring, Penny A.; Boruch, Robert F. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
The utility of the federally funded National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is often unclear, and critics have claimed that NAEP is not used. This paper summarizes an exploratory study of evidence against these claims, including that data are most useful to audiences with a national perspective. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Information Utilization
Download full textHambleton, Ronald K.; Cadman, Sharon F. – 1994
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a congressionally mandated national assessment program, can provide valuable data to educational policy makers in Massachusetts and other New England states concerning the status of their educational reform initiatives and performance standards. The three purposes of this paper are: (1) to…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
