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Tyler, Ralph W. – Compact, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Download full textGadway, Charles J., Ed. – 1972
This report is the first volume of a projected series of "General Information Yearbooks" to be updated and published annually by the National Assessment of Educational Progress and is designed to aid the readers of the National Assessment's reports to understand the philosophies and goals of the project, its methods for developing…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Literature, Measurement
Wise, Lauress L. – 2003
Since its inception in 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been the nation's leading indicator of what American students know and can do. The focus of this chapter is on how NAEP, as it exists today, may be useful to educators, in particular four aspects of NAEP that may be of wide interest and use. This chapter…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Predictive Measurement, Testing Programs
Allison, Clay – Compact, 1972
Describes the personnel and functions of the National Assessment Program Analysis Advisory Committee. (JF) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLearning Languages, 2000
Discusses the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the nationally representative continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Gives specific attention to the foreign language NAEP targeted for the year 2003. Provides the National Network for Early Language Learning's response to plans…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Evaluation
Farquhar, Robin; McCuaig, Donald – Education Canada, 1972
Authors emphasize that evaluation should see ahead as well as behind, they point out some promising evaluation models and enumerate a few practical principles to remember. (Editor) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures (Evaluation).
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Educational Change, Evaluation
Direct linkCommon Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries
Peer reviewedZorn, Jeff – English Journal, 1987
Grades the Educational Testing Service in taking over the National Assessment of Educational Progress literacy project with a "C-", claiming Part One earned a "D" for abandoning some of the most cogent and winning strategies of previous NAEP studies and Part Two earned a "C" for providing confusing unexplained data.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Language Skills, Teacher Influence
Womer, Frank B.; Mastie, Marjorie M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizenship, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedStufflebeam, Daniel L. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2000
Draws lessons in contracting for evaluations from the 1995 evaluation of a U.S. Marine Corps personnel evaluation system and a 1991 evaluation of the procedures for setting cutting scores of the National Assessment Governing Board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. These national, politically sensitive evaluations provide lessons…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Personnel Evaluation
Tyler, Ralph W. – Nat Elem Princ, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Finley, Carmen J. – Calif J Educ Res, 1969
Article adapted from an address given at a meeting of the California Association of Secondary School Administrators (Fresno, California, April 8, 1968). Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Buckles, Stephen; Melican, Claire – 2002
Knowledge of economic concepts and ideas and an ability to apply basic economic analysis to solve everyday problems are necessary for individuals to function as productive members of society. This framework is designed to assess the outcomes of student education in and understanding of economics in grade 12 as part of the National Assessment of…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 12
Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
White, Sheida; Kapinus, Barbara – Focus on NAEP, 1994
To help teachers, policy analysts, and others understand the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Assessment in Reading, this journal issue presents the objectives and examples of how students in grades 4, 8, and 12 will be assessed. The issue discusses NAEP's view of reading; key features of the assessment; reading purposes;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
