How Much Are Our Young People Learning? The Story of the National Assessment. Fastback 68.

Autor/in	Ahmann, J. Stanley
Institution	Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, Bloomington, IN.
Titel	How Much Are Our Young People Learning? The Story of the National Assessment. Fastback 68.
Quelle	(1976), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Data Analysis; Educational Assessment; Educational Objectives; Educational Testing; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Methods; National Surveys; Student Characteristics; Test Results; Young Adults; National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Auswertung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsentwicklung; Method; Methode; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	Although various assessments differ in notable ways, they often follow a plan that is thoroughly tested and features four basic steps: (1) selecting learning areas and identifying their objectives; (2) developing achievement test items to determine the degree to which these objectives are accomplished; (3) administering the test items to representative samples of students and gathering background data about them; and (4) analyzing the results and disseminating them to administors, board members, legislators, and the public. The largest, most informative assessment ever designed follows this general plan very closely. It is the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), for which planning began in 1964. It is designed to obtain census-like data on the knowledges, skills, concepts, understandings, and attitudes possessed by young Americans in a variety of learning areas; and to measure the growth or decline of these achievements that occurs over time. This publication describes the NAEP and some major findings of the first assessments in various areas, and then offers a speculative view of our schools. Surveys like the NAEP serve as excellent vehicles for generating hypotheses about causes of achievement fluctuations, which in turn can be studied more intensively by designing appropriate experiments or conducting thorough case studies. (RC) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Overview).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC