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Download full textWhite, Sheida; Kapinus, Barbara – Focus on NAEP, 1994
To help teachers, policy analysts, and others understand the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Assessment in Reading, this journal issue presents the objectives and examples of how students in grades 4, 8, and 12 will be assessed. The issue discusses NAEP's view of reading; key features of the assessment; reading purposes;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) methods and procedures used in the 1979-80 assessment of reading and literature are described. The objectives of the assessment are categorized into four main areas. These include values reading and literature, comprehension of written work, response to written work, and application of study…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, National Programs
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. – 1979
The primary purpose of this manual is the provision of instructions to district supervisors and exercise administrators regarding the fieldwork associated with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) study. The study was designed to collect and disseminate data on the educational attainments of the nation's youth and to track any…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Data Collection, National Surveys
Palmarini, James – Teaching Theatre, 1998
Discusses the 1997 NAEP "Arts Report Card," which, for the first time, includes theater arts. Relates that results confirm that large-scale assessment in theater is possible and that the assessment tasks and how they were scored should be useful for theater teachers seeking to refine their grading processes. Notes that the study was…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Mellon, John C. – 1980
The approaches used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to characterize syntax, cohesion and mechanics are described. These approaches are different from the Primary Trait System, a scheme used by NAEP for rating essays. Part one of the publication describes the procedures NAEP used to characterize differences in syntactic…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Evaluation Methods, National Competency Tests
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1982
The 1982 writing objectives presented in this booklet were developed in preparation for the fourth assessment of writing conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The objectives are based on the premise that individuals write for a purpose and an audience, and each objective serves as a section of the booklet. The first…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Roeber, Edward D. – 1996
This paper is based on guidelines developed in 1989 for training workshops for state and local educators to demonstrate the processes by which performance assessments could be created, validated, and used in statewide assessment programs. These guidelines are based on work with the National Assessment of Educational Progress and several statewide…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment, Sampling, Scoring
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. – 1979
This manual for Exercise Administrators of the National Assessment of Educational Progress; Second Literature Third Reading Assessment, consists of administrative instructions for use immediately preceding, during and after assessment sessions in schools. Definitions of racial/ethnic categories, associated codes, and guidelines for solicting…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Examiners
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
The third (1978-79) of three writing assessments conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is reported. The writing achievement of American 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds was surveyed using a deeply stratified, multistage probability sample design. The specific procedures used in the assessment to develop objectives and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Pistone, Nancy – 2002
This handbook is a guide to help educators and administrators with the decisions they face in the design of an arts assessment. The guide is divided into two broad parts: Part 1: "Background for Thoughtful Arts Education Assessment"; and Part 2: "Assessment Design in Action." The guide includes: (1) a brief background on the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Dance, Dance Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1983
Intended to help teachers, curriculum directors, school administrators, and school board members follow through on their commitment to teach students how to become better writers, the techniques and resources described in this booklet are arranged into seven chapters. The first chapter examines whether the "writing crisis" is fact or…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Oral Language
Finn, Chester E., Jr.; McKinney, Kay – Principal, 1986
Provides examples of many innovative ways principals can establish a "reading climate" in their schools. Includes ways to involve parents, community members, school libraries, and teachers in reading enjoyment programs. Discusses some of the most successful techniques for teaching reading. (IW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Incentives
Schoen, Harold L. – 1993
Recent reports by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Research Council, the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, and the Board on Mathematical Sciences emphasize that coordinated improvement in the content of mathematics curriculum, classroom instruction, and teacher education is the key to improving mathematics…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Change, Educational Testing
