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Lane, Suzanne; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Abedi, Jamal; Benson, Jeri; Dossey, John; Elliott, Stephen N.; Kane, Michael; Linn, Robert; Paredes-Ziker, Cindy; Rodriguez, Michael; Schraw, Gregg; Slattery, Jean; Thomas, Veronica; Willhoft, Joe – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
Given the changing landscape of educational accountability at the local, state, and national levels, and the changes in the uses of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), including the evolving uses of NAEP as a policy tool to interpret state assessment and accountability systems, an explicit statement of the current and potential…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Test Validity
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Buckendahl, Chad W.; Plake, Barbara S.; Davis, Susan L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) program is a series of periodic assessments administered nationally to samples of students and designed to measure different content areas. This article describes a multi-year study that focused on the breadth of the development, administration, maintenance, and renewal of the assessments in…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Audits (Verification), Testing Programs, Program Evaluation
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Noell, Jay; Ginsburg, Alan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
The report, "Evaluation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress", provides a number of recommendations for addressing validity concerns about NAEP. This article identifies actions that could be taken by the Congress, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Assessment Governing Board--which share responsibility for…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Federal Government, Public Agencies, Test Validity