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Stedman, Lawrence C. – National Assessment Governing Board, 2009
During the past 25 years, the country witnessed a dramatic transformation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Actions by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Congress, and the National Assessment Governing Board fundamentally changed NAEP's role in federal educational policy and the nation's schools. Developed in the 1960s…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Educational Testing, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Loomis, Susan Cooper; Bay, Luz; Yang, Wen-Ling; Hanick, Patricia L. – 1999
Field trials were conducted to test rating methods and the impact of feedback about consequences for the 1998 achievement levels-setting (ALS) process for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The field trials provided the opportunity to try out different methods similar to those used successfully by others, as well as to try out…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Civics, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, Lee; And Others – 1990
This report summarizes findings from two national surveys of U.S. civics achievement conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Part 1 reports on a trend assessment of approximately 56,000 students at ages 13 and 17, carried out during the 1975-76, 1981-82, and 1987-88 school years. Chapter 1 summarizes national trends, trends…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Civics, Comparative Analysis
Lutkus, Anthony D.; Weiss, Andrew R.; Campbell, Jay R.; Mazzeo, John; Lazer, Stephen – 1999
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the nation's only ongoing survey of what students know and can do in various academic subject areas. This report summarizes the results of the 1998 NAEP civics assessment for the nation. The results are based on an assessment of students at grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12. Students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Civics, Curriculum Based Assessment
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
The 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics assessment contained a combination of multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Each student participating in the assessment received two 25-minute sections of questions. Most civics questions measured both knowledge and intellectual skills. In addition, some questions measured…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Civics, Curriculum Based Assessment