Using NAEP To Improve Instruction

Presenters• Carla Collins, Ph.D.

Yonkers Director of Assessment & Evaluation

• Iris Garner, Ph.D.North Carolina NAEP Coordinator

• Wendy Geiger, Ed.D.Virginia NAEP Coordinator

• Rhonda PattonAlabama NAEP Coordinator

Presentation Objectives

• To illustrate milestones in the NAEP

• To showcase NAEP tools and their benefits for instruction and building assessment literacy in the classroom, district, and state

• To highlight strategies for maximizing the NAEP resources to improve instruction

NAEP Milestones

The New Design for a

New EraExpanded

Grades 4, 8,12

1969 2009

NAEP BeginsAges 9, 13, 17

NCLB Act

State Level Assessments Begin

Grade 8 Mathematics

1983 1990 20032001

Trial Urban District

Assessments (TUDA)

Begins

2002

State Level Grade 4 and 8

Reading & Math All States

Every 2 Years

State Level Grade 12

Option

1971

First National Report

NAEP Milestones Assessments

Nation’s Report Card Early Reporting Printed Reports

NAEP Data

Explorer (NDE) Revised

Data Tool

2012

NAEP Data Tool

Online Results

NQT Addition Item Maps

Online Tools

Revised

NAEP Questions

Tool (NQT)OnlineBegan

2000 2001 2004 20082006

NAEP Milestones Reporting Tools

State Comparisons

Tool

2009

Nation’s Report Card Online Reporting

NAEP Tools

NAEP Data Tools

• More than 2,000 Questions

• Nine Subjects Areas

• Scoring Guides

• Performance Data

NAEP Questions Tool

NAEP Questions Tool

QUESTION

DESCRIPTION

NAEP Questions Tool

SAMEPLE

QUESTION

NAEP Questions Tool

PEFORMANCE

DATA

NAEP Questions Tool

•Maps individual assessment items to

points on the NAEP scale

•Identifies the point on the scale at which students are

likely to get the item correct/complete

• Provides knowledge and skills needed to

respond successfully

• Outlines information : difficulty level and students knowledge at different points

NAEP Item Map

NAEP

SCALE

NAEP Item Map

Test Yourself

Test Yourself