Positioning Students for Success with NAEP Data

The Clear Route

Iris Garner, Ph.D., North Carolina NAEP Coordinator

Presentation Objectives  To provide background information about National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)  To showcase NAEP tools and highlights their benefits

Route A

Route B

Route C

Selection

 Which route would you select?

Desirable Route 

Clear

Easily heard or seen



Obtainable

reached able to be obtained or

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Effective

causing a result, especially the desired or intended result

Objective #1 

NAEP Background

CLEAR  NAEP provides a common yardstick for measuring the progress of the students education across the country.

 Same Questions + Every State State Comparisons

CLEAR   Grades: 4, 8 and 12 Subjects: Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing  Results: National -- All assessments State -- Math, Reading, Science and Writing District -- Select Large Urban Districts

North Carolina Results  

2009 Math Grade 4

National Public average scale score 239| North Carolina average scale score 244

 North Carolina students performed statistically above the nation’s public school students (18 states and jurisdictions performed similar to North Carolina).

 4 states and jurisdictions out performed North Carolina.

North Carolina Results  

2009 Math Grade 8

National Public average scale score 282| North Carolina average scale score 284

 North Carolina students performed statistically above the nation’s public school students (18 states and jurisdictions performed similar to North Carolina).

 14 states and jurisdictions out performed North Carolina.

OBTAINABLE  The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.

 NAEP is covered by major news outlets.

OBTAINABLE  Frameworks http://www.nagb.org

 NAEP Questions http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls  NAEP Result http://nationsreportcard.gov

 North Carolina NAEP Webpage http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/policies/ naep/naep

EFFECTIVE  NAEP has often been called the

“gold standard”

of assessments because of its

high technical

quality and it represents the

best thinking

of assessment specialists, educational experts, teachers, and content specialists from around the world.

EFFECTIVE  Teachers, principals, parents, policymakers, and researchers all use NAEP results to assess student progress and develop ways to improve education in American.

NAEP is …  CLEAR  OBTAINABLE  EFFECTIVE

Objective #2 

NAEP Tools and Benefits

Questions Tool  Item bank of over 2000 released questions from NAEP assessment http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/poli cies/naep/naep

Questions Tool  Examples of Questions  Actual Students Responses  Scorer Comments  Student Performance

Questions Tool

Product

NAEP Data Explorer  Interactive tool used to explore assessment results for various subjects, grades and jurisdictions http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/poli cies/naep/naep

NAEP Data Explorer  Statistical Tables  Graphics  Maps

NAEP Data Explorer

Product

NAEP Item Maps  Tool to illustrate knowledge and skills demonstrated by students performing at different achievement levels http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/poli cies/naep/naep

NAEP Item Maps  Available Subjects: Civics, Economics, Mathematics, Reading, Science, US History, and Writing  Student Comparison Data

NAEP Item Maps

Product

NAEP Resources    NAEP Questions Tool NAEP Data Explorer NAEP Item Maps -

CLEAR OBTAINABLE EFFECTIVE

 “If we are facing in the right direction all we have to do is keep on walking.”

Thank You

Iris Garner, Ph.D.

[email protected]

919-807-3768