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Harbour, Kristin E.; Saclarides, Evthokia S.; Adelson, Jill L.; Karp, Karen S. – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
In this study, we used hierarchical linear modeling to examine restricted-use 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data to explore relationships between principal-reported time spent on the different NAEP responsibilities of mathematics coaches and specialists (MCSs) and the achievement scores of approximately 37,400…
Descriptors: Correlation, Responsibility, Specialists, Coaching (Performance)
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Karakolidis, Anastasios; Duggan, Alice; Shiel, Gerry; Kiniry, Joanne – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2021
Background: Evaluations of effectiveness of educational reforms are often based on the level of improvement in student performance from one cycle of a particular assessment to the next. However, improvements in overall performance do not necessarily translate to improved equality. Indeed, improvements that favour certain subgroups of students can…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests, International Assessment
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Dwiyono, Yudo; Mulawarman, Widyatmike Gede; Pramono, Panji Ongko; Salim, Nur Agus; Ikhsan, Muhammad – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This research aims to describe national examination based on CBT methods that looked at human resources, infrastructures, students, strategies, and national examination weakness based on CBT implementation at Vocational School 1 North Sangatta. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques can be done…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Vocational Schools, Program Implementation
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Koniewski, Maciej; Hawrot, Anna – Research Papers in Education, 2022
This study inquired into the effect of single-sex schooling on achievement of female adolescents. It used national examination data of 4,787 Polish female students (10 cohorts) attending single-sex and co-educational Catholic schools. We tested two sets of partially contradictory predictions derived from two different theoretical models explaining…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Academic Achievement, Females
Collins, Jonathan E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Using narrow test scores as the only means of accountability does not serve students, teachers, or schools. Jonathan E. Collins writes that policy makers and educators should consider accountability as an education system designed to be accountable to the best version of students. This means assessing outcomes that policy makers too easily…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Accountability
Creighton, Maria Victoria – ProQuest LLC, 2022
According to the National Reading Panel's (2000) report, there was not enough evidence in previous reading research to recommend the instructional practice of having students spend classroom time reading independently. The 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress report, however, reported that more than half of fourth grade and eighth grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Recreational Reading, Learner Engagement, National Competency Tests
Coral Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
School leaders play an important role in creating a caring and supportive environment in which teachers can be successful. In this dissertation in practice (DiP), the scholar-practitioner examined an active learning environment that demonstrated how school leadership took strategic measures for improving student participation in a national…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Student Participation, National Competency Tests, Active Learning
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Julie Choi; Russell Cross; Larissa McLean Davies; Sue Ollerhead; Melissa Barnes – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2022
This paper furthers the understanding of literacy being developed through this Special Issue by bringing a pluralistic, complex account of literacy into conversation with assessment. The rise of neoliberalism in education--and its related focus on standards, accountability, and efficiency--has seen literacy positioned as the "core…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests
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David Bamat – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2024
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) program only reports state-level subgroup results if it samples at least 62 students identifying with the subgroup. Since some subgroups constitute small proportions of many states' general student populations, these minority subgroups are seldom sufficiently sampled to meet this sample size…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Prediction, National Competency Tests
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Yao Yang; Yukiko Maeda; Marcia Gentry – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Background: This empirical study aims to investigate the association between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement gaps among students in Grades 4, 8, and 12, utilizing data from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The study also considers student-level (e.g., mathematics self-efficacy, gender,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests
Carla Marie Gibson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Attainment of grade-level reading proficiency by fourth grade is pivotal to student academic success. In fourth grade, students shift from learning to read to reading to learn where they gain the ability to use their reading skills to access knowledge. Despite the connection between fourth grade reading proficiency and future academic success,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dorans, Neil J. – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
This report, which is based on an invited presentation given at the 2015 meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, is a response to the continuing proliferation of scale linking studies that have occurred since the publication of "Uncommon Measures" in 1999.The report has four parts. First, I restate the conclusions made in…
Descriptors: State Programs, Testing Programs, National Competency Tests, College Entrance Examinations
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Heafner, Tina L. – Social Education, 2020
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, is the most comprehensive measure of student learning, and is widely considered the gold standard for empirically measuring trends in student achievement outcomes in the United States. The NAEP data for 2018, which were released on April 23, 2020, offer…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Social Studies, Grade 8, Scores
Burge, Bethan; Benson, Louise – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2020
Since its introduction in 2017, National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has been contracted by Ofqual to develop, deliver and analyse the results of the National Reference Test (NRT) in English and maths. The NRT is administered annually and shows if student performance in English and maths at GCSE level has changed from year-to-year.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Language Tests, English
Oslington, Gabrielle; Mulligan, Joanne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2023
Two case studies of Australian primary school students tracked changes in their data interpretation and representation over three years. Students were engaged in predictive reasoning tasks based on their interpretation of a data table showing temperature change over time. Students' explanations and graphical representations were collected at the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Prediction, Task Analysis
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