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Wei, Thomas E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
Stereotype threat is frequently purported to be an important determinant of gender gaps in math. Unlike prior studies, which mostly occur in lab settings, I use data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--a large, representative assessment of U.S. children--where through a design quirk, students are randomly assigned test…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Mathematics Achievement, Teacher Attitudes, Bias
Mead, Nancy A. – 1978
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Speech Communication Association (SCA) initiated a pilot study to test the feasibility of assessing speaking and listening skills. A pool of 56 items was developed and then field tested at four sites which represented a variety of national regions, of size and type of cities, and of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Language Laboratories, Language Skills