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Institute of Education Sciences, 2018
IES is the primary research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education. Established through the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), the Institute's mission is to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of education and to provide education leaders and practitioners, parents and students, researchers, and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grants, Financial Support, Institutional Mission
MacCudden, Renae Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Teaching children to write successfully is an area of great concern to educators in the 21 st century. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data, the writing skills of two-thirds of the students in elementary, middle, and high school are below grade level proficiency (Persky, Daane, & Jin, 2003). In 2003, the…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Formative Evaluation
Linn, Robert L. – 2001
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been the subject of many evaluations during its history. Those evaluations are reviewed, focusing on external evaluations, and the influences of recommendations made in the evaluations are discussed. The report concludes that many of the recommendations of evaluators have been heeded by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, National Surveys
Pellegrino, James W., Ed.; Jones, Lee R., Ed.; Mitchell, Karen J., Ed. – 1999
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only continuing measure of the achievement of U.S. students in key subject areas. The National Research Council's Committee on the Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress conducted an evaluation of the NAEP. This report contains the conclusions this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, National Competency Tests
Chelimsky, Eleanor – 1992
This letter is an interim response to the October 7, 1991 request from the Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the House of Representatives asking for a review of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Data Analysis, Government Role