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Download full textNational Academy of Education, Washington, DC. – 1991
In 1988, whether the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--the "Nation's Report Card"--could become a report card for the states was studied. A trial assessment program was authorized to determine whether state assessments following the NAEP format could produce reliable and useful estimates of educational progress. This…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Page, Ellis Batten – 1982
A review of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which originated 20 years ago, is presented; and the original political, ideological and social science assumptions for the design of NAEP are examined. The report criticizes the founding principle as hampering NAEP's maximum utility and exploratory power. In examining the form of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Principles, Educational Quality, Educational Research
