Author: Jay R. CampbellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress
Author: Jay R. CampbellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Uncommon Measures
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309062799
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The issues surrounding the comparability of various tests used to assess performance in schools received broad public attention during congressional debate over the Voluntary National Tests proposed by President Clinton in his 1997 State of the Union Address. Proponents of Voluntary National Tests argue that there is no widely understood, challenging benchmark of individual student performance in 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade mathematics, thus the need for a new test. Opponents argue that a statistical linkage among tests already used by states and districts might provide the sort of comparability called for by the president's proposal. Public Law 105-78 requested that the National Research Council study whether an equivalency scale could be developed that would allow test scores from existing commercial tests and state assessments to be compared with each other and with the National Assessment of Education Progress. In this book, the committee reviewed research literature on the statistical and technical aspects of creating valid links between tests and how the content, use, and purposes of education testing in the United States influences the quality and meaning of those links. The book summarizes relevant prior linkage studies and presents a picture of the diversity of state testing programs. It also looks at the unique characteristics of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Uncommon Measures provides an answer to the question posed by Congress in Public Law 105-78, suggests criteria for evaluating the quality of linkages, and calls for further research to determine the level of precision needed to make inferences about linked tests. In arriving at its conclusions, the committee acknowledged that ultimately policymakers and educators must take responsibility for determining the degree of imprecision they are willing to tolerate in testing and linking. This book provides science-based information with which to make those decisions.
The NAEP guide : a description of the content and methods of the ... and ... assessments.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428928502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics
Author: National Center for Education StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Education Statistics Quarterly
Author: Digest of Education Statistics
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minorities in engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Condition of Education
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Includes a section called Program and plans which describes the Center's activities for the current fiscal year and the projected activities for the succeeding fiscal year.
Status and trends in the education of Hispanics
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428925635
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics
Author: Charmaine LlagasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American students
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description