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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960483103321

Titolo

Grading the nation's report card : evaluating NAEP and transforming the assessment of educational progress / / James W. Pellegrino, Lee R. Jones, and Karen J. Mitchell, editors ; Committee on the Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress, Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

9786612081972

9780309173629

0309173620

9781282081970

1282081977

9780309524834

0309524830

9780585027500

0585027501

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 280 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

PellegrinoJames W

JonesLee R

MitchellKaren Janice

Disciplina

370/.973

Soggetti

Education - United States - Evaluation

Educational tests and measurements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The study was supported by award no. EA95083001 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front  Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- 1 Creating a Coordinated System of Education Indicators -- 2 Streamlining the Design of NAEP -- 3 Enhancing the Participation and Meaningful Assessment of All Students in NAEP -- 4 Frameworks and the Assessment Development Process: Providing More



Informative Portrayals of Student Performance -- 5 Setting Reasonable and Useful Performance Standards -- 6 Strategies for Implementing the Committee's Recommendations for Transforming NAEP -- References -- APPENDIX A Enhancing the Assessment of Reading -- APPENDIX B Research About Student Learning as a Basis for Developing Assessment Materials: An Example from Science -- APPENDIX C A Sample Family of Items Based on Number Patterns at Grade 4 -- APPENDIX D Exploring New Models for Achievement-Level Setting -- APPENDIX E Biographical Sketches -- Index.