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Download full textEric A. Hanushek; Paul E. Peterson; Laura M. Talpey; Ludger Woessmann – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S. student cohorts born between 1954 and 2001. Achievement…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Nebraska Department of Education, 2018
The 2018 Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) Summative technical report documents the processes and procedures implemented to support the Spring 2018 NSCAS Summative English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science assessments by NWEA under the supervision of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). The technical report…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Language Tests, English, Mathematics Tests
Penfield, Randall D. – Bureau of Indian Education, 2013
In accordance with federal reporting requirements mandated by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) must report annually on 20 performance indicators related to the provision of special education services to children…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Parent Surveys, Special Education, Parent Participation
Penfield, Randall D. – Bureau of Indian Education, 2012
In accordance with federal reporting requirements mandated by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) must report annually on 20 performance indicators related to the provision of special education services to children…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Parent Surveys, Special Education, Parent Participation
Penfield, Randall D. – Bureau of Indian Education, 2011
In accordance with federal reporting requirements mandated by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) must report annually on 20 performance indicators related to the provision of special education services to children…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Parent Surveys, Special Education, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedFredricks, Jennifer; McColskey, Wendy; Meli, Jane; Mordica, Joy; Montrosse, Bianca; Mooney, Kathleen – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2011
Researchers, educators, and policymakers are focusing more on student engagement as the key to addressing low achievement, student boredom and alienation, and high dropout rates (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, and Paris 2004). As schools and districts seek to increase engagement, it is important for them to understand how it has been defined and to assess…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Psychometrics, Identification, Measures (Individuals)
Lutkus, Anthony D.; Mazzeo, John – 2003
This report first presents National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1998 reading assessment results that are recalculated to include results from special needs students who were tested with accommodations. It also examines the impact on NAEP results of the varying exclusion rates of special needs students by participating states and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Dings, Jonathan; Gong, Brian; Kingston, Neal – 1995
This technical manual provides all major existing information about the technical characteristics of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). The assessment component of the Kentucky Education Reform Act Accountability System was in use between 1991-92 and 1993-94 and was referred to as Cycle One. Two sets of test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Dings, Jonathan – 1997
This technical manual provides information about the technical characteristics of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS), the assessment component of the Kentucky Education Reform Act Accountability System. The time period covered is Accountability Cycle 2, which spanned the school years 1992-93 through 1995-96. Sections of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This manual documents the technical aspects of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). In May 1999, Massachusetts public school students in grades 4, 8, and 10 participated in the second annual administration of the MCAS tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science & Technology. This report provides information…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Language Arts
Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – 1979
This report contains accounts of studies, about scales to be used in the "A Study of Schooling" research project, undertaken to derive indices for constructs presumed to be measureable by composites of items. The report is introduced by a discussion on the rationale for selecting the research methodology used and an explanation of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping, Correlation
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation Section. – 1998
This publication presents information about the technical characteristics of the 1997 Florida Writing Assessment Program, Grades 4, 8, and 10. Descriptive and statistical information is provided for the census assessment, and the procedures used in prompt development, pilot testing, field testing, scoring, and item banking are reviewed. The…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Tests, Pilot Projects
PDF pending restorationCrowley, Susan L. – 1995
This study used data from 992 cases in 16 longitudinal studies of the Early Intervention Research Institute to evaluate five measures of family functioning: (1) Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale-III; (2) Family Support Scale; (3) Family Resources Scale; (4) Parenting Stress Index; and (5) Family Inventory of Life Events.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
