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Using National and State Assessments To Inform the Performance of Education Systems.
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Lee, Jaekyung – 2000
This study considered two questions about the use of national and state assessment databases: (1) Do state and national assessments provide the same information on the performance of an educational system? and (2) What are the factors that might affect the discrepancies between national and state assessment results? Kentucky and Maine were chosen…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Using Performance Standards to Link Statewide Achievement Results to NAEP.
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Waltman, Kristie K. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1997
A socially moderated link was established between statewide achievement results and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) by using the same achievement level descriptions in an Iowa Test of Basic Skills standard-setting and an NAEP standard setting study. A statistically moderated link was established through an equipercentile…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Equated Scores, National Surveys
Exploring Rapid Achievement Gains in North Carolina and Texas. Lessons from the States.
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Grissmer, David; Flanagan, Ann – 1998
The National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) tracks and reports annually on 33 indicators linked to the 8 National Education Goals. The NEGP's 1997 report showed positive gains on the greatest number of indicators for North Carolina and Texas. These gains included significant gains on the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Curriculum Development