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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"NAEP"”.
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Creating an accessible block alternative for the fourth and eighth grade NAEP mathematics assessments
For several years NAEP developers and administrators have been interested in creating accessible blocks as a means of improving measurement of student achievement at the lower levels of the NAEP performance continuum, including students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL). …
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WHY DO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STATE-MEASURED ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AND NATIONALLY-MEASURED ACHIEVEMENT GAPS EXIST?
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP, by percentage. For example, if whites scored 90% proficient on the state-developed measure and blacks scored 70%, the state-based achievement gap was recorded as 20. If the white proficiency percentage on the NAEP was reported at 40% and the …
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The impact of no child left behind (nclb) on school achievement and accountability
… National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading and mathematics. School level comparisons of the NAEP and state accountability assessments are used to measure differences within the sample. The NAEP data was accessed through a restricted level application with the National Center …
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Evaluating Technology Delivered Repeated Reading with Diverse Learners
… The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a standardized test used to evaluate the reading performance of students. The transition to virtual learning amidst COVID-19 impacted the reading performance among diverse students. The Nation’s report card indicated that 83% of …
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Examining the Relationship between Technology & Engineering Instruction and Technology & Engineering Literacy in K-8 Education
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2014 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) assessment. Eight important modes of technology and engineering instruction were identified including: (1) choices people make that affect the environment, (2) inventions changing the way people …
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The Relationships of Word Processing in Academic Work and Student Achievement Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
This study is a secondary analysis of the 2011 NAEP writing test investigating the relationships between word processing in academic work and achievement test scores. Using data and methods to overcome several of the limitations found in research surrounding instructional technology, the …
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Confidence in Academic Testing: The Effect of Induced Checking and Anxiety on University Students' Emotional Responses to, and Performance in, Academic Challenge
… National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) have been used to assess academic aptitude. Research suggests that both test anxiety and test emotions (positive and negative) influence academic performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of test anxiety and …
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A neighborhood alternative energy plant
… this neighborhood alternative energy plant (NAEP) represents not only a renewable energy resource, but both a recreational and educational resource as well. The challenge of this project is to provide an integrated alternative method for both producing power and participating in its …
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For the love of reading : the impact of engagement factors on reading proficiency
… National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP). The total sample size for fourth grade on the NAEP 2017 reading assessment comprised a representative sample of 148,800 students from 7,830 schools. A factorial design was employed with reading proficiency as the independent variable. The …
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Constitutionally Confederated: Developing an Interstate Policy Diffusion Framework for K-12 STEM Education
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in math and science, eight to eleven state clusters were proposed for each education level. In each cluster or subcluster, the states with the highest NAEP score were assumed to have effective policies that others in the same group …
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Nonfiction interests and reading habits of third grade students
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) requires a high proportion of informational text on its assessments particularly as children advance through the grades. The NAEP (2007) developed a framework to look at the distribution of literary and informational passages. By fourth grade …
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Caging the Rainbow: The Effects of Center-Periphery Conflict on a Major Adult Education Program in India (Planning, Charisma, Bureaucracy)
… launched the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) for 100 million illiterate adults ages 15 to 35. The program was intended, in five years, to provide 10-month courses in literacy as well as in the development of occupational skills and social awareness to the target population. That goal …
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Opportunity, but at what cost? African-American parents' experiences in a predominantly white school
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), provide evidence of the gap in success between African-American and white students. Despite national calls for increased school accountability and focus on achievement gaps, many African-American children continue to struggle in school …
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Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Elementary Turnaround Principals' Leadership Practices to Reading Achievement in One Virginia School Division
… as measured by reading achievement tests (NAEP, 2019; Virginia Department of Education, 2021). In 2019, The Nation's Report Card disclosed that 37% of fourth-graders performed at or above the proficiency level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading assessment (NAEP, …
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Writing in the Math Classroom: A Writing Across the Curriculum Project
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) (Silver, Lindquist, Carpenter, Brown, Kouba, and Swafford, 1988) reports that performance levels for thirteen year-olds has not changed between the last two assessments. At the same time seventeen year-olds have made significant gains (Silver …
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Estimational Abilities and Mathematics Achievement of Seventh Graders
… the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) during the past ten years (Reys, 1984). In general, significant gains were made by thirteen year olds between 1978 and 1982 in mathematics. But most of those gains were in lower order skills, such as basic facts and computation (Carpenter, …
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MTSS for Equity: A Mixed-Methods Study of Policy Alignment and Achievement Gaps in Three States
… scored using the AIR MTSS Fidelity Rubric, and NAEP 4th-grade reading data from 2015 to 2024 were analyzed to track gap trends. Results: MTSS policy alignment varied significantly. Iowa showed the strongest fidelity, followed by Florida, with Texas lagging. However, achievement gaps remained …
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Literacy And Equity: Exploring Teachers’ Lived Experiences Of Georgia Black Boys’ Difficulties With Reading Comprehension And Word Recognition
… National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data shows that since 1992, Black male students in Georgia’s fourth through eighth grades have consistently scored low on reading assessments (The Nation’s Report Card, 2022c). Low reading achievement contributes to a persistent …
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The Effects of Teachers' Mathematical Practices on Student Achievement in the Diverse Classroom
… National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is cause for systemic change in how we implement these conditions. In this changing world, mathematical competence opens doors to successful futures. Disparities between the cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds of the majority of teachers …
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