ERIC Number: EJ1344653
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 10
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1933 8341
EISSN: EISSN-1752 6884
The NAEP Data Explorer: Digging Deeper into K-12 Geography Achievement and Why It Matters
Solem, Michael
Geography Teacher, v19 n1 p12-21 2022
When the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) program releases its reports on student achievement in various subjects, the data are added to the NAEP Data Explorer (NDE) website. The NDE has been shown to support reflective educational practices in the social studies. Working with assessment data can stimulate ideas for how teachers can critique and evaluate curriculum making and instructional practices. However, there are no published accounts of geography teachers using the NDE for such purposes. To illustrate how NAEP data can address questions of concern to geography educators, this article reports the results of a study that investigated these questions. A discussion of the NDE analysis and how the results highlight the potential of using NAEP data to support reflective educational practices in geography is also provided.
Descriptors: Geography, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests, Social Studies, Educational Practices, Reflective Teaching, Geography Instruction, Criticism, Curriculum Evaluation, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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