National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP

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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

• The Nations Report Card

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NAEP Components
National Assessment of Educational Progress
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What is assessed?

• Assessments are given in reading and mathematics
  at grades 4, 8, and 12. States and districts
  receiving Title I funding are required to
  participate in the reading and mathematics
  assessments at grades 4 and 8.
• Other subjects also are assessed, but less often,
  at grades 4, 8, and/or 12 - writing, science,
  U.S. history, geography, etc.
• States receive state and national results for
  grades 4 and 8 for Main NAEP years. Only
  national results are made available for grade 12
  assessments.
• In years that are not Main NAEP, only national
  results are released for all assessed grade
  levels.

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What NAEP reports

• The academic performance of Americas students
  and the progress they are making over time
• Achievement Levels Basic, Proficient, and
  Advanced
• Average Scale Scores
• Student Groups e.g., race/ethnicity, gender
• Background and Contexts School, teacher, student

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How do state assessments differ from NAEP?

• State
• TAKS, SDAA II, etc. are census tests
• Results for students, schools, districts, state
• All schools
• All students
• Students complete the whole test
• Allowable accommodations
• Unallowable test materials
• High-stakes

• NAEP
• NAEP is a survey of a probability sample
• Results only for the states the nation ( trial
  urban districts)
• Not all schools
• Not all students in the sampled schools
• Students do part of a test (in one subject)
• Unallowable accommodations
• Allowed test materials
• No-stakes

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Student Achievement Picture
TX Assessments

NAEP
District
State
Student
Nation
School
State
Texas Met Standard NAEP Basic
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2005 NAEP Results - Texas

• How do we compare with other states and the
  nation as a whole?

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NAEP Math Grade 4 All Ss
White Ss - None higher A-A Ss None
higher Hispanic Ss None higher
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NAEP Reading Grade 4 All Ss
White Ss - 1 higher A-A Ss 1 higher Hispanic Ss
4 higher
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NAEP Math Grade 8 All Ss
White Ss - None higher A-A Ss None
higher Hispanic Ss None higher
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NAEP Reading Grade 8 All Ss
White Ss - 5 higher A-A Ss 2 higher Hispanic Ss
2 higher
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NAEP Science Grade 4 All Ss
White Ss - 1 higher A-A Ss 1 higher Hispanic Ss
4 higher
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NAEP Science Grade 8 All Ss
White Ss - 13 higher A-A Ss 4 higher Hispanic
Ss 3 higher
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2005 NAEP Results - Texas

• Up or Down Compared to 2003 Results?

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NAEP Math Grade 4 All Ss 2003 vs 2005
Average scores for Hispanic and White 4th grade
students increased significantly from 2003 to
2005.
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NAEP Reading Grade 4 All Ss 2003 vs 2005
Average scores for Hispanic and White students
increased from 2003 to 2005. For Hispanic
students, Texas was the only state where this
occurred!
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NAEP Math Grade 8 All Ss 2003 vs 2005
Average scores for Hispanic and White students
increased significantly from 2003 to 2005.
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NAEP Reading Grade 8 All Ss 2003 vs 2005
Average scores for African American, Hispanic,
and White students were the same in 2005 compared
to 2003.
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NAEP Science Grade 4 All Ss 2000 vs 2005
Average scores for White and Hispanic students
increased significantly from 2000 to 2005.
Average scores for African American students
remained the same.
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NAEP Science Grade 8 All Ss 2000 vs 2005
Average scores for White, African-American, and
Hispanic students remained unchanged from 2000 to
2005.
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2007 NAEP
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Main NAEP Year

• Reading grades 4, 8, and 12
• Math grades 4 and 8
• Writing grades 8 and 12 (We will receive a
  state report for grade 8 Writing.)
• 214 districts participating in Texas
• 295 schools participating at grade 4
• 226 schools participating at grade 8
• 53 schools participating at grade 12

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Details

• Assessment window
• January 22 March 2, 2007
• (excluding week of state assessments)
• District and campus staff members have already
  completed many of the activities leading up to
  the administration.
• NAEP field staff send out pre-assessment packets
  to school coordinators in early January and make
  arrangements for a pre-assessment meeting.
• NAEP staff members conduct the administration on
  each campus.
• Math and reading results for the state will be
  issued in Fall 2007 for grades 4 and 8. Writing
  results for grade 8 and grade 12 results are
  expected to be released in late Spring/early
  Summer, 2008.

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NAEP Tools

• NAEP Questions Tool view released items
  (1990-2005), student performance data, create
  tests http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS
  /
• NAEP Data Explorer easy to use tool for looking
  at data from past assessments, creating displays,
  etc. http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
• Both tools include a tutorial for new users.

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Questions Tool Released Items by Year
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NAEP Questions
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NAEP Questions
Texas Answers A 2 B
87 C 1 D
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Texas Answers A 2 B
87 C 1 D
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NAEP Data Explorer

• The NAEP Data Explorer provides access to
  detailed results from NAEPs national, state, and
  urban district assessments. The data are based
  on information gathered from the students,
  teachers, and schools that participated in NAEP
  assessments.

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NAEP Data Explorer
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NAEP Web Sites

• Texas NAEP website
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/reso
  urces/naep/naep.html
• NAEP website
• http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
• NAEP Data Tool
• http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
• NAEP Questions Tool
• http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/
• NCES website
• http//nces.ed.gov/

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Contact Information

• Cathy J. Kline, Ph.D.
• Texas State NAEP Coordinator
• Student Assessment Division
• Texas Education Agency
• 1701 N. Congress Ave.
• Austin, TX 78701
• [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail cathy.kline_at_tea.state.tx.us

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QUESTIONS?