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Validity and Participation: Implications for School Comparison of Australia's National Assessment Program

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Thompson, Greg; Adie, Lenore; Klenowski, Val – Journal of Education Policy, 2018

The National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) in Australia is a series of literacy and numeracy tests that are used for purposes of school comparison. This paper argues that a key question for this use lies in whether or not this is a reasonable, or valid, use of the test data. Using Kane's argumentative approach to validity,…

Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, National Programs, National Competency Tests

Discrepancies between Standardised Testing and Teacher Judgements in an Australian Primary School Context

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Carmichael, Colin – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2015

This study compares the judgments that teachers make on their students' mathematics achievement with results taken from Australia's National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Using a sample of 2144 students, drawn from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), the study develops two regression models: one with teacher…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Mathematics

Teacher Performance and Student Learning: Linking Evidence from Two National Assessment Programmes

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Taut, Sandy; Valencia, Edgar; Palacios, Diego; Santelices, Maria V.; Jiménez, Daniela; Manzi, Jorge – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016

This paper investigates the validity of a national, standards-based teacher evaluation programme by examining the relationship between teachers' evaluation results and their students' learning progress. We used census achievement data that assessed the same cohort of students at the end of 8th and 10th grade. We applied multilevel modelling and…

Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, National Programs

Role of NAEP Could Change with Common Assessments

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Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2009

For decades, when elected officials, researchers, educators, and parents have wanted a clear-eyed measure of what students know in a range of subjects, they have turned to an authoritative source: the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Now the country stands poised to enter a new testing era. All but two states have agreed to work…

Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Standards, National Competency Tests, Systems Approach

The Nation's Report Card Science 2011 State Snapshot Report. Delaware. Grade 8, Public Schools

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National Center for Education Statistics, 2012

A representative sample of 122,000 eighth-graders participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment, which is designed to measure students' knowledge and abilities in the areas of physical science, life science, and Earth and space sciences. This report covers the overall results, achievement level…