NAEP News

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NAEP News

• Dr. Peggy G. Carr
• Associate Commissioner
• National Center for Education Statistics
• October 15, 2007

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The 2008 2012 Cycle

• NAEP Alliance
• Alliance Coordination (ETS)
• Design, Analysis and Reporting (ETS)
• Item Development (ETS)
• Materials, Printing and Scoring (Pearson)
• Sampling and Data Collection (Westat)
• State Service Center (Westat)
• Web/Technology (Fulcrum)

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The 2008 2012 Cycle

• Pubs, Outreach, Dissemination (Hager Sharp)
• NAEP Education Statistics Services Institute
  (AIR)
• To be awarded
• Quality Assurance
• NVS
• Logistics

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2007 Assessments

• 12th Grade Participation
• Operational Changes
• Early notification
• Flexible assessment date
• Flexible scheduling/assessment day
• Improved Communications
• Support from Coordinators

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12th Grade Participation
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2008 Assessments

• Long Term Trend
• Reading trend since 1971
• Mathematics trend since 1973
• Assessment Cycle
• 13 year-olds October - December
• 9 year-olds January March
• 17 year-olds March - May

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2008 Assessments

• Arts Assessment
• 8th Grade
• Music and Visual Arts
• Pilot Tests
• Reading, Math and Science
• Grades 4, 8 and 12
• Maintain momentum in 12th grade participation

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2009 Assessments

• Reading, Math, Science
• State 4th and 8th Grades
• National 4th, 8th and 12th Grades
• Science
• Paper/Pencil Hands-On Tasks Interactive
  Computer Tasks
• TUDA
• NIES

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SES Study

• 2007Pilot
• Best link between Census data and individual
  students
• 2009Expanded Pilot
• Add 12th Grade
• Prototype composite SES variable
• 2010Full Field Test
• 2011Operational

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TUDA and Below State NAEP

• Major differences
• Districts choose in Below-State NAEP TUDA
  districts invited by the Governing Board.
• Districts pay for Below-State NAEP TUDA
  districts do not pay.
• Below-State NAEP results released by the
  district TUDA results included in NAEP reports.
• TUDA and Below-State NAEP data contribute to
  overall national and state scores.

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12th Grade Motivation Studies

• Incentive Study Is performance affected by
  performance incentives?
• 3600 students, 60 schools, 6 states
• Jointly funded ETS, Princeton U., NCES
• Focus Group Study What factors might affect
  student effort to do their best?
• Two groups of 10-12 students in five communities

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Upcoming Special Reports

• 2007 Reading/Mathematics (TUDA)11/07
• 2007 Writing (National and State)3/07
• 2007 Writing (TUDA)4/07
• Special Studies
• GAO Exclusion Rate Study Winter/Spring
• NAEP State Mapping Study Spring
• NAEP and TIMSS soon
• An independent study by the American Institutes
  for Research

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Conclusion

• Thank you