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National Assessment Governing Board, 2012
For more than four decades the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has tracked the achievement of U.S. students in major academic subjects. This national resource is the only assessment that states and now many urban districts can look to as an objective yardstick of their performance over time, relative to national benchmarks, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Information Needs, Needs Assessment
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Braun, Henry; Kirsch, Irwin; Yamamoto, Kentaro – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/context: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only comparative assessment of academic competencies regularly administered to nationally representative samples of students enrolled in Grades 4, 8, and 12. Because NAEP is a low-stakes assessment, there are long-standing questions about the level of engagement and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Research Design, Incentives, Reading Achievement
National Assessment Governing Board, 2010
The National Assessment Governing Board adopted a Program of Preparedness Research in March 2009. Several categories of research studies were recommended to produce results for reporting 12th grade preparedness for the 2009 grade 12 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading and mathematics. The categories included content…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Readiness, Grade 12, Reading Achievement