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Download full textNational Assessment Governing Board, 2019
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. The NAEP assessment in mathematics has two components that differ in purpose. One assessment measures long-term trends in achievement among 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students by using the same basic design each time.…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 4, Grade 8
Fraillon, Julian; Ainley, John; Schulz, Wolfram; Duckworth, Daniel; Friedman, Tim – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2019
The primary purpose of International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018 is to assess systematically the capacities of students to use ICT productively for a range of different purposes, in ways that go beyond a basic use of ICT. ICILS 2018 includes authentic computer-based assessments that are administered to students in their…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Computer Literacy, Information Literacy, Computer Attitudes
National Assessment Governing Board, 2019
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) measures student science achievement nationally, state by state, and, most recently, across selected urban school districts. Periodically, the framework underlying the science assessment is revised or updated. This document, "Science Framework for the 2019 National Assessment of…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Science Achievement, Science Tests, Test Content
National Assessment Governing Board, 2014
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. Results of these periodic assessments, produced in print and web-based formats, provide valuable information to a wide variety of audiences. They inform citizens about the nature of students' comprehension of the…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Grade 4
National Assessment Governing Board, 2012
As the ongoing national indicator of what American students know and can do, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading regularly collects achievement information on representative samples of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. Through The Nation's Report Card, the NAEP Reading Assessment reports how well students perform in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, National Competency Tests, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
National Assessment Governing Board, 2010
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. Results of these periodic assessments, produced in print and web-based formats, provide valuable information to a wide variety of audiences. The NAEP Assessment in mathematics has two components that differ in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Audiences, National Competency Tests
Tambini, Robert F. – 1999
The quality and the effectiveness of the 1992 New Jersey Grade 8 Early Warning Test (NJEWT) are assessed. Standardized tests possess clear advantages for educators, especially in the case of administration and scoring, but there are clear disadvantages as well, including the possibility of bias. Four criteria are applied to the NJEWT: adequacy,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
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
Stecher, Brian M.; Klein, Stephen P.; Solano-Flores, Guillermo; McCaffrey, Dan; Robyn, Abby; Shavelson, Richard J.; Haertel, Edward – 1998
This study investigated three factors that may contribute to the large variation in student performance across open-ended measures. These factors are content domain, format (whether the task required only pencil and paper or involved a hands-on manipulation of equipment), and level of inquiry (whether the task guided the student toward the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
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
National Assessment Governing Board, Washington, DC. – 2002
Reflecting the ideas of many diverse individuals and organizations involved in reading education, this booklet presents Reading Framework for the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which provides the guidelines and theoretical basis for the 1992-2003 reading assessments. The first chapter, What Is the NAEP Reading…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 4
National Assessment Governing Board, 2006
This document describes the content and format of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) measurements for reading comprehension of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. According to the framework, NAEP assesses three contexts for reading: reading for literary experience, reading for information, and reading to perform a task). In addition…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Reading Comprehension, National Competency Tests, Grade 12
McMorris, Robert F.; Boothroyd, Roger A. – 1992
Classroom tests developed by seventh- and eighth-grade science teachers (n=23) and mathematics teachers (n=18) were analyzed by panels of content and measurement experts. The 41 participating teachers, each of whom contributed 2 tests, completed a questionnaire, an interview, and 2 measures of competence in testing. Teachers used all major item…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competence, Grade 7, Grade 8
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) is designed to improve curriculum and instruction in the public schools. The MEAP tests all students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in major curriculum areas biennially. The test is not designed to yield scores for individual students. This document describes the content of the assessment instruments…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Grade 12, Grade 4
Ballator, Nada – 1996
This guide to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) describes its purpose, contents, uses, and research methodology by presenting 21 questions about the NAEP program. The NAEP is mandated by Congress to survey the educational accomplishments of U.S. students and to monitor changes in these accomplishments. It tracks the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
