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ERIC Number: EJ517144
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
The Quality of Information from NAEP: Two Examples of Work Done in Collaboration with Leigh Burstein.
Koretz, Daniel
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v17 n3 p280-94 Fall 1995
Studies of the mathematics assessments of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are summarized. One study found that omit rates for NAEP test items were higher for African Americans and Hispanics than for whites. The other found that descriptions and examples for the 1992 mathematics achievement levels were misleading. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Information Dissemination, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, National Surveys, Racial Differences, Scores, Standard Setting (Scoring), Test Construction, Test Items, Test Results, Testing Problems, White Students
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress; Omitted Responses
Note: Versions of articles in this issue were presented at a special symposium entitled "Sleepless in Woodland Hills: The Leigh Burstein Legacy" at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, 1995). Support provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, Contract No. RS90159001, and the Lilly Endowment.