Grading the Nation's Report Card: Evaluating Naep and Transforming the Assessment of Educational Progress

by National Research Council, Committee on the Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress, Board on Testing and Assessment

Since the late 1960s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)?the nation's report card?has been the only continuing measure of student achievement in key subject areas. Increasingly, educators and policymakers have expected NAEP to serve as a lever for education reform and many other purposes beyond its original role.

Grading the Nation's Report Card examines ways NAEP can be strengthened to provide more informative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309062853
• ISBN13: 9780309062855
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"