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Direct linkXin Wei; Susu Zhang – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
This study analyzed performance, process, and survey data of eighth graders with learning disabilities (LDs) who took the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) digital math test. Compared with students with LDs who did not receive extended time accommodations (ETAs), students with LDs who received and used ETA scored…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Rutkowski, Leslie – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
Large-scale assessment programs such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) use a sophisticated assessment administration design called matrix sampling that minimizes the testing burden on individual…
Descriptors: Measurement, Testing, Item Sampling, Computation
Download full textBourque, Mary Lyn – National Assessment Governing Board, 2009
A history of the achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) could be documented in different ways. A chronological history might be the obvious approach, but in the author's view, that could miss the most salient aspects of setting student performance standards on an assessment like NAEP. Further, new initiatives…
Descriptors: Achievement, National Competency Tests, Governing Boards, Grade 8
National Assessment Governing Board, 2013
To what extent can young people analyze the pros and cons of a proposal to develop a new source of energy? Construct and test a model or prototype? Use the Internet to find and summarize data and information in order to solve a problem or achieve a goal? The exploding growth in the world of technology and the need to answer questions similar to…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Engineering
Bracey, Gerald W. – Principal Leadership, 2010
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) has stated that "the overall achievement goal for American students is performance that qualifies at the Proficient level or higher" (Loomis & Bourke, 2001, p. 2). The Institute for Educational Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education went even further, "The Proficient level…
Descriptors: Achievement, Minimum Competencies, Educational Research, Student Evaluation
Stoneberg, Bert D. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education has not yet published an official guidance document for using NAEP achievement level scores to confirm state testing results. A review of the literature, however, identified four principles that inform the valid use of NAEP scores in a confirming analysis. The principles address the appropriate NAEP statistics to…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Thomas P.; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1982
National assessment data on student performance in several phases of algebra are reported. It is noted that this performance has not reached the point of mastery even for most students with two years of algebra and a year of geometry. However, the data are not thought to suggest complete failure. (MP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Algebra, Educational Assessment
Searls, Donald T.; And Others – 1975
This document explores some of the problems associated with understanding the data of a report completed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The report deals with science achievement among young Americans over a period of four years. The procedure used by NAEP in assessing educational achievement and the factors involved in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Educational Research, Reports
Peer reviewedAhmann, J. Stanley; And Others – Science Teacher, 1975
Reports that, according to a survey conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), knowledge of fundamental scientific facts and principles declined among young American students between 1969 and 1973. Also discusses the philosophy and goals of NAEP, and the methodology used in this survey. (MLH) Aspect of National Assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Science News, 1975
Reports the results of a national survey that indicates a decline in science achievement equivalent to the loss of a half year of learning experience. Suggests some possible reasons for this decline. (GS) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Trends) (Interpretation).
Descriptors: Achievement, Low Achievement, National Competency Tests, National Surveys
Koretz, Daniel; Diebert, Edward – 1993
This report reviews the accuracy and reasonableness of statements in the print media about student proficiency on the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics. It explores the apparent effects of two reporting approaches, the anchor-point method used by the Educational Testing Service and the National Center for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1978
This is a report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress that contains selected results from the Third National Assessment of Science conducted in 76-77, with emphasis on relative performance changes in achievement from 1969 to 1977. The report describes the data base and methods of measuring changes of performance. It reports on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Science
Stoltman, Joseph P. – 1997
This ERIC Digest describes the development of the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress for geography and the results from that examination of geographic knowledge and skills of students in grades four, eight, and twelve. The assessment format utilized multiple-choice questions and constructed-response questions. Results were reported…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Carpenter, Thomas P.; And Others – 1981
This publication provides a comprehensive interpretation of the second mathematics assessment completed during the 1977-78 school year by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP results suggest strong implications for the mathematics curriculum of the 1980's that mathematics educators need to evaluate with care. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Educational Assessment, Evaluation
Higgins, Jon L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This report was compiled to serve as a reference on assessments of achievement in pre-college mathematics. Patterns of mathematical assessments are discussed in terms of the history and nature of assessments of achievement, the relationship between assessment and minimum competency testing, and the current status of state assessment programs.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
