This study focuses on the NAEP achievement levels which are used to provide information that can be easily understood and used by policy makers, educators, and the public. NAEP uses three achievement levels – basic, proficient, and advanced – and reports the percentage of test takers who score at each level. NAEP also reports the percentage of test takers who score below the basic level. Is this way of reporting test performance informative to the public? Is it done in a way that produces results that are reliable, valid, and reasonable? An NRC study committee will be appointed under BOTA to answer these questions and will begin its work in early 2015. More...Evaluation of National Assessment of Educational Progress Achievement Levels
This study focuses on the NAEP achievement levels which are used to provide information that can be easily understood and used by policy makers, educators, and the public. NAEP uses three achievement levels – basic, proficient, and advanced – and reports the percentage of test takers who score at each level. NAEP also reports the percentage of test takers who score below the basic level. Is this way of reporting test performance informative to the public? Is it done in a way that produces results that are reliable, valid, and reasonable? An NRC study committee will be appointed under BOTA to answer these questions and will begin its work in early 2015. More...
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