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Peer reviewedKlausmeier, Herbert J. – Educational Researcher, 1982
Identifies trends in educational achievement in the 1970s. Presents hypotheses concerning the relationship between research and gains/declines in educational achievement during that period. Discusses a project for individualized learning programs and its theoretical rationale, and describes a research project based on that educational improvement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Research, Educational Strategies
Download full textPage, 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
Peer reviewedRock, Donald A.; Nelson, Jennifer – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1992
Several developments growing out of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are reviewed, with a discussion of their extension and application to other projects. These developments include: (1) complex matrix item sampling designs; (2) performance-based items in large-scale assessments; (3) vertical scaling; and (4) innovative…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Brown, George H.; Faupel, Elizabeth M. – 1987
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Longitudinal Studies Program (LSP) are major survey projects on educational outcomes performed by the Center for Education Statistics. NAEP is a continuing cross-sectional survey of young Americans' skills, knowledge, and attitudes. The LSP studies follow a sample of students as they…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cross Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Databases
