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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2024
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an integral measure of academic progress across the nation and over time. It is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation's students know and can do in various subjects, such as civics, mathematics, reading, and U.S. history. The program also…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Preadolescents, Adolescents, Mathematics Achievement
Data Quality Campaign, 2024
Recent data from statewide assessments, scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and college remediation needs show that an increasing number of K-12 students are not performing at grade level. As schools look to support these students' learning, some districts are turning to a proven strategy for identifying the students…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, At Risk Students
Jaime M. Bowers; Elizabeth G. Stuart – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For the first time in 32 years, the national average scale score in mathematics dropped by seven points across the country in grades four and eight, according to the latest results of the National Assessment on Educational Progress (NAEP). The 2022 results in mathematics were staggering, in which "math performance fell for the first time in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Algebra, National Competency Tests
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Ting Zhang; Paul Bailey; Yuqi Liao; Emmanuel Sikali – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
The EdSurvey package helps users download, explore variables in, extract data from, and run analyses on large-scale assessment data. The analysis functions in EdSurvey account for the use of plausible values for test scores, survey sampling weights, and their associated variance estimator. We describe the capabilities of the package in the context…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Information Retrieval, Data Collection, Test Validity
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Kristian Edosomwan; Jemimah L. Young; Jamaal R. Young – Middle Grades Review, 2024
This study examines the impact of early Algebra I coursework on advanced Carnegie credits among 12th graders from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds, using data from the NCES HSTS (1990-2019). Findings indicate that early Algebra students, particularly Black and Latinx, earn more advanced credits, revealing a widening gap in advanced course…
Descriptors: Algebra, Credits, Educational Attainment, Measurement Techniques
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Lynne Telesca – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: Writing is an essential skill that secondary students need to establish for success in their further education, careers, and lives. However, most secondary students in the United States do not achieve the level of writing proficiency expected to ensure academic and future success. One approach that is emerging more in the research…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Writing Instruction, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods