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Download full textKoretz, Daniel M.; McCaffrey, Daniel F. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
Given current high-stakes uses of tests, one of the most pressing and difficult problems confronting the field of measurement is to develop better methods for distinguishing between meaningful gains in performance and score inflation. This study explores the potential usefulness of adapting differential item functioning (DIF) techniques for this…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, High Stakes Tests, Achievement Gains, Scores
White, Sheida; Vanneman, Alan – NAEPfacts, 2000
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1998 Writing Assessment measured student writing performance at the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades. Scoring guides for three different writing purposes for each grade allowed scorers to objectively evaluate students' work. This issue of NAEPfacts includes an 8th-grade informative writing scoring…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Holistic Evaluation, Junior High Schools, National Competency Tests
Tarr, James E.; Mittag, Kathleen Cage; Uekawa, Kazuaki; Lennex, Lesia – 1999
This study used data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to determine trends in calculator use among Population 2 (13-year-olds) students in Japan, the United States, and Portugal. While relatively high levels of calculator use were observed for the U.S. and Portugal, virtually no calculator use was found in the…
Descriptors: Calculators, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Technology
White, Sheida; Vanneman, Alan – Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
Examines the relation between eighth graders' involvement in a variety of musical activities and their achievement in music using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1997 Arts Assessment in Music. Data show the relationship between involvement and achievement. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Grade 8, Junior High School Students
Direct linkBirenbaum, Menucha; Nasser, Fadia; Tatsuoka, Curtis – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2005
A diagnostic methodology for large-scale assessment was employed to compare performance on a national test in mathematics of representative samples of Jewish and Arab 8th graders in Israel in order to shed light on a previously identified large achievement gap between these 2 populations. The results revealed significant differences between the 2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Measurement
Measuring Student Achievement in the Future Based on Lessons from the Past: The NAEP Arts Assessment
Peer reviewedSchneider, Christina – Music Educators Journal, 2005
In 1997, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, assessed eighth-grade music students throughout the United States on their ability to perform, create, and respond to music. The next assessment in music is scheduled for 2008. If this assessment is to provide a realistic and useful look at…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Music Teachers, Music Education, Music
Arizona Department of Education, 2010
As part of compliance with with the federal No Child Left Behind Act, this document presents the State Report Card of Arizona for 2009-2010. The report card provides tables relating to percentage of students who passed AIMS in Arizona by subject and grade. The tables shown in this document include: (1) Mathematics Grade 3; (2) Reading Grade 3; (3)…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Definitions, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Bennett, Randy Elliot; Persky, Hilary; Weiss, Andrew R.; Jenkins, Frank – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
The Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments (TRE) study was designed to demonstrate and explore innovative use of computers for developing, administering, scoring, and analyzing the results of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments. Two scenarios (Search and Simulation) were created for measuring problem solving…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, National Competency Tests, Problem Solving, Simulation
Mitchell, Karen; Bakia, Marianne; Yang, Edith – US Department of Education, 2007
This is the second volume of "State Strategies and Practices for Educational Technology" by the National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS). NETTS is a federally sponsored evaluation of the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program, a program authorized by Title II, Part D, of the "Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits
Howe, Roger; Scheaffer, Richard; Lindquist, Mary – US Department of Education, 2006
This document contains the framework and a set of recommendations for the NAEP 2007 mathematics assessment, which will assess student achievement nationally and state-by-state, as well as in select urban districts, in grades 4 and 8. It includes descriptions of the mathematical content of the test, the types of test questions, and recommendations…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Mathematical Models, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Instruction
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
This demonstration booklet illustrates the kinds of exercises or test questions and tasks used in the assessment of student achievement in reading and writing by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Each student will be asked to complete the background section and the cognitive sections for one subject, and the assessment will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Field Tests, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2003
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the Grade 8 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) 2003 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. The 53 reports in this series present bulleted text describing overall student results, bar charts showing NAEP…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 8, Middle Schools, National Competency Tests
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2005
This paper reports the results of a special urban study of the 2005 National Assessment of Education Progress which indicates that city school districts may be seeing some payoff from years of work to improve mathematics instruction. However, similar initiatives to raise reading achievement have not led to significant gains. While, most of the 11…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Achievement
van der Linden, Wim J.; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Carlson, James E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2004
A popular design in large-scale educational assessments as well as any other type of survey is the balanced incomplete block design. The design is based on an item pool split into a set of blocks of items that are assigned to sets of "assessment booklets." This article shows how the problem of calculating an optimal balanced incomplete block…
Descriptors: Grade 8, National Competency Tests, Item Banks, Research Design
Neidorf, Teresa Smith; Binkley, Marilyn; Stephens, Maria – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This technical report describes a study that was undertaken to compare the content of two recent fourth-and eighth-grade assessments in science: the NAEP 2000 assessment and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 assessment. Its aim is to provide information that will be useful for interpreting and comparing the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 8, National Competency Tests
