Working Paper: ACT's NAEP REDESIGN PROJECT: Assessment Design is the Key to Useful and Stable Assessment Results

Title:	Working Paper: ACT's NAEP REDESIGN PROJECT: Assessment Design is the Key to Useful and Stable Assessment Results
Description:	This report presents an investigation by ACT of an alternative design for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The proposed design greatly simplifies the data collection and analysis procedures needed to produce assessment results. The design has the potential to provide more timely results by using procedures that are less complex and that are easier to understand than are current procedures.
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Cover Date:	October 1997
Web Release:	October 24, 1997
Print Release:	October 24, 1997
Publication #:	NCES 9730 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Luz Bay, Lee Chen, Bradley A. Hanson, Jay Happel, Michael J. Kolen, Timothey Miller, Mary Pommerich, James Sconing, Tianyou Wang, and Catherine Welch
Type of Product:	Working Paper
	Working Papers provide preliminary analysis of substantive, technical, and methodological issues. They are works in progress that are presented to promote the sharing of valuable work experience and knowledge. These papers have not undergone a rigorous review for consistency with NCES standards.
Survey/Program Areas:	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) NAEP
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Working Paper, please contact: Emmanuel Sikali.