The 2006 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? With Special Sections on the Nation's Achievement, the Happiness Factor in Learning, and Honesty in State Test Scores. Volume II, Number 1

Autor/in	Loveless, Tom
Institution	Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.; Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. Brown Center on Education Policy.
Titel	The 2006 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? With Special Sections on the Nation's Achievement, the Happiness Factor in Learning, and Honesty in State Test Scores. Volume II, Number 1
Quelle	(2006), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Federal Legislation; Psychological Patterns; National Competency Tests; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Educational Trends; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Student Attitudes; Comparative Education; State Action; Test Validity; Ethics; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Elementary Secondary Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Bildungsentwicklung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Schülerverhalten; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Staatliche Intervention; Testvalidität; Ethik; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; USA
Abstract	This report launches the second volume of the Brown Center Report on American Education. The five issues of volume one were published from 2000 to 2004. Volume one included regular reports on data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and state assessments, analysis of student achievement in charter schools, a study of trends in homework, evaluations of the federal government's Blue Ribbon Schools Program, an investigation of the academic performance of high schools with powerhouse sports teams, analyses of student achievement in urban school districts and rural schools, a survey of exchange students from countries abroad to see what they think of American schools, and a survey of the mathematics preparation of middle school math teachers. Volume two will explore similar topics related to how well American students are learning. As in volume one, the reports of volume two will be divided into three parts. Part one reviews the latest data on student learning in the U.S. In this issue, the most recent results from both NAEP tests, the long term trend and the main, receive attention for what they reveal about American students' progress in reading and mathematics. Part two looks at the "happiness factor" in education, analyzing international data to see whether students' self-confidence and enjoyment of math and the relevance of lessons that students experience in classrooms are correlated with higher math achievement. Do nations with happier students score higher on math tests than nations in which students are not quite as happy? Part three looks at how states have responded to the No Child Left Behind Act. Several analysts have recently concluded that states are "racing to the bottom" by artificially inflating the number of students who demonstrate proficiency on state tests. It is indisputable that states report larger numbers of proficient students than the NAEP test. But the studies have overlooked some key questions. Is NAEP such a good test that it should be used as a benchmark for judging state assessments? Can NCLB be blamed for the discrepancies between reported levels of proficiency on NAEP and state tests? How large were the discrepancies before NCLB? (Contains 15 tables and 36 endnotes.) [This report was made possible by the generous financial support of The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston.] (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10