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NAOP 1994 U.S. History : A First Look. Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. United States Department of Education
Author: Learning about Our World and Our Past
Author: Evelyn K. HawkinsPublisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This report summarizes results from the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), specifically those results concerning geography and U. S. history. The 1994 NAEP asked 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students a series of questions designed to assess their knowledge level and skills applications in specific subjects. This report provides an in-depth look at the type of tasks that made up the assessments in geography and U. S. history and how the students performed on those tasks. It makes extensive use of examples of student work and of exercise-level statistics in examining performance in different skills areas and on particular assessment exercises. Specific attention is given to the ways that students use the tools and resources of history and geography. The questions reflected the content and cognitive dimensions deemed essential for an understanding of these subjects. One content dimension included four themes: change and continuity in U.S. democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies; the gathering and interaction of peoples, cultures, and ideas; economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment; and the changing role of the United States in the world. A second content dimension covers eight time periods: Three Worlds and Their Meeting in the Americas (beginnings to 1607); Colonization, Settlement, and Communities (1607 to 1763); The Revolution and the New Nation (1763 to 1815); Expansion and Reform (1801 to 1861); Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850 to 1877); Development of Modern America (1865 to 1920); Modern America and the World Wars (1914 to 1945); and Contemporary America (1945 to present). At every grade, the overall geography performance of males was higher than that of females; however, in U.S. history overall performances for males and females was significantly different at 12th grade only where males slightly outperformed females. In both subject areas, the performance of White students was higher than that of Black or Hispanic students. (MJP)
U.S. History Framework for the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress
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Category : Educational evaluation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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United States History Framework for the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress
Author: Government Printing Office StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160489020
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Languages : en
Pages : 88
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U.S. History Framework for the 1994 and 2001 National Assessment of Educational Progress
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Category : Educational evaluation
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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U.S. History Framework For The 1994 And 2001 National Assessment Of Educational Progress. NAEP U.S. History Consensus Project... ED444928... U.S. Department Of Education
Author: United States. Office of Educational Research and ImprovementPublisher:
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Languages : en
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U.S. History Highlights 2001
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Examining Key Themes and Questions in U.S. History
Author: Grading the Nation's Report Card
Author: Committee on the Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational ProgressPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309524830
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Since the late 1960s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--the nation's report card--has been the only continuing measure of student achievement in key subject areas. Increasingly, educators and policymakers have expected NAEP to serve as a lever for education reform and many other purposes beyond its original role. Grading the Nation's Report Card examines ways NAEP can be strengthened to provide more informative portrayals of student achievement and the school and system factors that influence it. The committee offers specific recommendations and strategies for improving NAEP's effectiveness and utility, including: Linking achievement data to other education indicators. Streamlining data collection and other aspects of its design. Including students with disabilities and English-language learners. Revamping the process by which achievement levels are set. The book explores how to improve NAEP framework documents--which identify knowledge and skills to be assessed--with a clearer eye toward the inferences that will be drawn from the results. What should the nation expect from NAEP? What should NAEP do to meet these expectations? This book provides a blueprint for a new paradigm, important to education policymakers, professors, and students, as well as school administrators and teachers, and education advocates.
U.S. History Framework for the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress
Author: Ramsay SeldenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780788139932
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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In a democratic country, the study of history is vital. All students need to know how their nation became what it is. They also need the understandings that only history provides if they are to take part knowledgeably, as citizens and voters in shaping America's future. This content framework in U.S. history for the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was developed through a national consensus process. Contents: U.S. history in elementary, middle and high schools; the framework for this assessment; desired attributes of the assessment and its exercises and items; and special studies and research. Illustrative examples of content.