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Positioning Students for Success with NAEP Data

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.

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Positioning Students for Success with NAEP Data

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  1. Positioning Students for Success with NAEP Data The Clear Route Iris Garner, Ph.D., North Carolina NAEP Coordinator

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

  3. Route A

  4. Route B

  5. Route C

  6. Selection • Which route would you select?

  7. Desirable Route • ClearEasily heard or seen • Obtainable able to be obtained or reached • Effectivecausing a result, especially the desired or intended result

  8. Objective #1 • NAEP Background

  9. CLEAR • NAEP provides a common yardstick for measuring the progress of the students education across the country. • Same Questions + Every State State Comparisons

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. OBTAINABLE • The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card. • NAEP is covered by major news outlets.

  14. OBTAINABLE • Frameworks http://www.nagb.org • NAEP Questions http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls • NAEP Result http://nationsreportcard.gov • North Carolina NAEP Webpagehttp://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/policies/naep/naep

  15. 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.

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

  17. NAEP is … • CLEAR • OBTAINABLE • EFFECTIVE

  18. Objective #2 • NAEP Tools and Benefits

  19. Questions Tool • Item bank of over 2000 released questions from NAEP assessment http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/policies/naep/naep

  20. Questions Tool • Examples of Questions • Actual Students Responses • Scorer Comments • Student Performance

  21. Questions Tool

  22. Product

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

  24. NAEP Data Explorer • Statistical Tables • Graphics • Maps

  25. NAEP Data Explorer

  26. Product

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

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

  29. NAEP Item Maps

  30. Product

  31. NAEP Resources • NAEP Questions Tool - CLEAR • NAEP Data Explorer - OBTAINABLE • NAEP Item Maps - EFFECTIVE

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

  33. Thank You Iris Garner, Ph.D. igarner@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3768

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