The Nation's Report Card: Evolution and PerspectivesEdited by Lyle V. Jones and Ingram Olkin Copyright 2004 by the Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. For information on ordering, phone PDK at 1 800 766-1156. Excerpts from the history's preface and the entire table of contents follow, to give you an idea of the broad scope and detail in this valuable new publication. Excerpts from the Preface, by Peggy G. CarrThe assessment community has dedicated more than forty years to the creation of the nation’s “gold standard” for monitoring the academic progress of America’s children—the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This book traces the challenges NAEP has faced since its inception. In many ways it is a documentary cataloging the unprecedented conceptual and technical advances that have led to NAEP’s solid reputation for impeccable integrity and psychometric rigor. In the 1960s many thought the notion that there would be a national assessment was wishful thinking; but after the idea gained support in 1963-64, the Exploratory Committee for the Assessment of Progress in Education (ECAPE) was established in June 1964, and the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was appointed in 1965. There were many periods of uncertainty about whether the project would go forward, but it survived to administer the first assessment in 1969. And NAEP has done more than survive: It has served as a source of important data and methodological innovation for 35 years.… NAEP has evolved over a span of 40 years, during which many changes occurred, some large and some small. The presentation of the political and technical forces that fostered them makes for a fascinating story. It is also fascinating that many factors remain the same.… Table of ContentsPreface Peggy G. Carr Introduction Chronology PART I: EVOLUTION AND PERSPECTIVESChapter 1: The Genesis of NAEP Irvin J. Lehmann Chapter 2: The Age of Innocence Frederic A. Mosher Chapter 3: Interviews with John Gardner, Lloyd Morrisett, David A. Goslin, and Lee J. Cronbach Chapter 4: Technical Giants of National Assessment Clay Allison Chapter 5: NAEP and the U.S. Office of Education, 1971 to 1974 Dorothy M. Gilford Chapter 6: A New Design for a New Era Archie Lapointe Chapter 7: Making NAEP State-by-State Ramsay Selden Chapter 8: A History of the National Assessment Governing Board Mary Lyn Bourque Chapter 9: A View from the NCES Emerson J. Elliot and Gary Phillips Chapter 10: Interviews with Chester E. Finn Jr., Marshall S. Smith, and John F. Jennings Chapter 11: The Influence of External Evaluations Robert L. Linn Chapter 12: NAEP from Three Different Perspectives Wayne Martin Chapter 13: What NAEP Really Could Do Frederic A. Mosher PART II: DEVELOPING ASSESSMENT MATERIALSChapter 14: Assessing Citizenship Vincent Campbell and Daryl Nichols Chapter 15: Assessing Writing and Mathematics Ina V. S. Mullis PART III: SAMPLING AND SCORINGChapter 16: Survey Design Issues James R. Chromy, Alva L. Finkner, and Daniel G. Horvitz Chapter 17: Sampling and Field Operations at Westat, 1983 to 2001 Keith Rust Chapter 18: Emerging Technical Innovations in NAEP Albert E. Beaton and Eugene Johnson PART IV: RECENT CHALLENGESChapter 19: Innovations in Instrumentation and Dissemination Stephen Lazer References APPENDICESAppendix A: Glossary Appendix B: List of Abbreviations Appendix C: U.S. Commissioners and Secretaries of Education Appendix D: U.S. Commissioners of Education Statistics Appendix E: National Assessment Governing Board Members Appendix F: NAEP Executive Directors Appendix G: The Charter Technical Advisory Committee (1965-1969) Appendix H: The Analysis Advisory Committee (1969-1983) Appendix I: Technical Advisory Committee and Design and Analysis Committee, 1987-Present Appendix J: Summary: Two Conferences on a National Assessment of Educational Progress Appendix K: NAEP Assessments, 1969-2012 Appendix L: Name Index About the Authors See other information on the history of NAEP.
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