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Allen, Nancy L.; Carlson, James E.; Zelenak, Christine A. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
Provides details on the instrument development, sample design, data collection, and data analysis procedures of the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend and main assessments for the United States. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Trends
Download full textBay, Luz; Chen, Lee; Hanson, Bradley A.; Happel, Jay; Kolen, Michael J.; Miller, Timothy; Pommerich, Mary; Sconing, James; Wang, Tianyou; Welch, Catherine – 1997
This report presents an investigation by the American College Testing Program (ACT) of an alternative design for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The proposed design greatly simplifies the data collection and analysis procedures needed to produce assessment results and has the potential to produce results that are more…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Allen, Nancy L.; Carlson, James E.; Zelenak, Christine A. – 1999
This report documents the design, administration, and data analysis procedure of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) for 1996. It indicates the technical decisions that were made and the rationale behind them. Detailed substantive findings are not presented in this report. These chapters provide technical information about the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
McLaughlin, Don – 1997
In the 1970s and 1980s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) built a longitudinal record as the Nation's Report Card based on periodic brief assessments of a modest but representative sample of the nation's students. In 1990, data collection was expanded from a sample of 10,000 students in each grade and subject area to 100,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Costs
Stancavage, Fran; And Others – 1996
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a survey of national trends in educational achievement, is attempting to expand its inclusion of students with disabilities or limitations that have previously caused them to be excluded from the assessment. The study described was a precursor to the 1996 changes in NAEP inclusion procedures.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Legum, Stanley; Caldwell, Nancy; Davis, Bryan; Haynes, Jacqueline; Hill, Telford J.; Litavecz, Stephen; Rizzo, Lou; Rust, Keith; Vo, Ngoan – 1998
The 1994 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) provides the Department of Education and other policymakers with information about current course offerings and students' course-taking patterns in the nation's secondary schools. One objective was to determine changes in course offering and selection patterns since the previous studies in 1982, 1987,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students)
Legum, Stanley; Caldwell, Nancy; Davis, Bryan; Haynes, Jacqueline; Hill, Telford J.; Litavecz, Stephen; Rizzo, Lou; Rust, Keith; Vo, Ngoan – 1997
The 1994 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) provides the Department of Education and other policymakers with information about current course offerings and students' course-taking patterns in the nation's secondary schools. One objective was to determine changes in course offering and selection patterns since the previous studies in 1982, 1987,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students)
Legum, Stanley; Caldwell, Nancy; Davis, Bryan; Haynes, Jacqueline; Hill, Telford J.; Litavecz, Stephen; Rizzo, Lou; Rust, Keith; Vo, Ngoan – 1997
The 1994 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) provides the Department of Education and other policymakers with information about current course offerings and students' course-taking patterns in the nation's secondary schools. One objective was to determine changes in course offering and selection patterns since the previous studies in 1982, 1987,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students)
