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Download full textJerry, Laura J.; Ballator, Nada – 1999
In 1998 for the first time, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) administered a writing assessment at the state level. This report describes the writing achievement of Arkansas eighth-grade students and compares their overall performance to students in the Southeast region of the United States and the nation (using data from the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, National Competency Tests
O'Sullivan, Christine Y.; Jerry, Laura; Ballator, Nada; Herr, Fiona – 1997
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state or territory. In 1996, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Guam,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Grade 8
Reese, Clyde M.; Jerry, Laura; Ballator, Nada – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do in various academic subjects. The 1996 NAEP in mathematics assessed the current level of mathematical achievement as a mechanism for informing education reform. In 1996, 44…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry
