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Content Analysis Project--State and NAEP Mathematics Assessments. Report of Results from the Maryland-NAEP Study.
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Kenney, Patricia Ann; Silver, Edward A.; Alacaci, Cengiz; Zawojewski, Judith S. – 1998
As part of the Content Analysis Project, a panel of six experts in mathematics education examined the congruence between the Maryland grade-8 test and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test. Two panelists were very familiar with the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), two with the NAEP, and the other two…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Design Features for the Content Analysis of a State Assessment and NAEP.
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Kenney, Patricia Ann; Silver, Edward A. – 1999
This paper presents an overview of the design features that were developed for the Content Analysis Project. The purpose of the project was to examine the congruence between a state's test in eighth-grade mathematics and that used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The results of this analysis were then to be used to determine…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
An Examination of Relationships between the 1990 NAEP Mathematics Items for Grade 8 and Selected Themes from the NCTM Standards.
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Silver, Edward A.; Kenney, Patricia Ann – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1993
Explored relationships between 137 grade-8 cognitive items used in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress and selected themes from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics'"Standards." About half the items related to four "Standards" themes, with most of those being related to problem solving and reasoning.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Grade 8, Item Analysis