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NCES 2001462 NAEPfact - Civics: What Do 8th Graders Know and What Can They Do?
This article describes 8th graders performance on 37 questions of the 1998 NAEP civics assessment.
9/28/2001
NCES 2001485 Student Jobs and Volunteer Service
This article describes the 1998 NAEP civics assessment where 12th graders who participated in volunteer service had higher scores than those who did not do volunteer service. Also, 12th graders working 6-15 hours per week had higher scores than those students who either worked longer hours or did not work at all.
9/28/2001
NCES 2001509 The NAEP 1998 Technical Report
This report provides details on the instrument development, sample design, data collection, and data analysis procedures for the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the subject areas of reading, writing, and civics. Nearly 448,000 public- and nonpublic-school students across the United States were assessed at the national (grades 4, 8, and 12) and state (grades 4 and 8) levels.
8/31/2001
NCES 2001452 The Next Generation of Citizens: NAEP Civics Assessments--1988 and 1998
This report presents comparisons of student knowledge of civics topics at grades 4, 8, and 12 over the ten-year period between 1988 and 1998. Student performance is described in terms of average percentage correct, and results are reported for subgroups of students defined by various background and contextual characteristics. Trends in performance are illustrated with sample questions and student responses from the assessment. Trends in the kinds of civics topics studied and in the amount of coursework completed are examined. In addition, the report presents trends in classroom instructional practices and in out-of-school contexts, such as amount of homework, discussion of current events, extra reading, and receiving a newspaper at home.
7/24/2001
NCES 2000079 National Household Education Survey of 1999 Data Files
Three surveys were conducted for the NHES: 1999: the Parent Survey (Parent-NHES: 1999), the Youth Survey (Youth-NHES: 1999) and the Adult Education Survey (AE-NHES: 1999). Data files for NHES: 1999 that were downloaded or shipped prior to June 1st, 2001 contain weights that have subsequently been revised and need to be replaced. Please follow the link below, at “On-line Availability,” for more information. Also, please note that the Data File User’s Manuals and Methodology Report for NHES: 1999 have not been revised to reflect the adjustment to the survey weights. As a result, data users should not use the weighted response rates or weighted frequencies that appear in these reports. The data files and documentation for NHES: 1999 can be downloaded from this website.
6/2/2001
NCES 2001072 The Condition of Education, 2001
The Condition of Education summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report, which is required by law, is an indicator report intended for a general audience of readers who are interested in education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2001 print edition includes 59 indicators in six main areas: (1) enrollment trends and student characteristics at all levels of the education system from preprimary education to adult learning; (2) student achievement and the longer term, enduring effects of education; (3) student effort and rates of progress through the educational system among different population groups; (4) the quality of elementary and secondary education in terms of courses taken, teacher characteristics, and other factors; (5) the context of postsecondary education; (6) and societal support for learning, including parental and community support for learning, and public and private financial support of education at all levels. Also in the 2001 edition is a special focus essay on the access, persistence, and success of first-generation students in postsecondary education.
5/31/2001
NCES 2001096 What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders: U.S. Results From the International IEA Civic Education Study
This report presents an analysis of U.S. data from an assessment of the civic knowledge and skills of 14-year old students across 28 countries and their attitudes toward civic issues. The Civic Education Study assessment was conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). In the United States, the assessment was administered to a nationally representative sample of ninth-graders in October 1999. The report includes the civic achievement of U.S. students compared to other countries; the school and classroom context of civic knowledge; the demographic, socioeconomic, and out-of-school context of civic knowledge; the students’ concepts of democracy, citizenship, and government; their attitudes toward civic issues; and their current and expected political activities.
4/27/2001
NCES 2001107 Highlights of U.S. Results From the International IEA Civic Education Study (CivEd)
This publication presents the highlights of the U.S. results from an assessment of the civic knowledge and skills of 14-year old students across 28 countries and their attitudes toward civic issues. The Civic Education Study assessment was conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in 1999. For the full report see What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders: U.S. Results From the International IEA Civic Education Study.
4/27/2001
NCES 2000460 NAEP 1998 Civics Report Card Highlights
This publication presents the highlights from the 1998 NAEP Civics assessment, describing its content and major findings, as well as students' experiences at home and school that are associated with achievement in the study of civics.
11/18/1999
NCES 2000457 NAEP 1998 Civics Report Card for the Nation
This publication presents the results of the NAEP 1998 civics assessment for the nation. The results are based on assessing a sample of students who are statistically representative of the entire nation. For this subject, in contrast to the other major subject reports presented this year in reading and writing, there were no additional state level results. Students' performance on the national assessment is described in terms of their average civics score on a 0- to 300 scale and in terms of the percentage of students attaining each of the three achievement levels: Basic, Proficient, and Advanced
11/18/1999
NCES 1999131 The Civic Development of 9th Through 12th Grade Students in the United States: 1996
Concern that the next generation of Americans may not be willing or able to engage in the democratic process has been growing. The report is designed to study this concern by focusing on five key factors associated with a desire and an ability to participate politically: levels of political knowledge; attention to politics; political participatory skills; degrees of political efficacy; and tolerance of diversity. These are collectively referred to as "measures of civic development" for the purposes of this report. All of the measures of civic development are found in the National Household Education Survey of 1996 Youth Civic Involvement component. The data collected in this survey allow civic development of 9th through 12th grade students to be studied in relation to their demographic characteristics, activities in and out of school, and family and school backgrounds. Of particular interest, because of its prominence in recent educational theory and national dialogues and legislation, is the relationship between students' participation in community service and their civic development.
12/3/1998
NCES 98246 National Household Education Survey: An Overview
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is a data collection system of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that is designed to address a wide range of education-related issues. It provides descriptive data on the educational activities of the U.S. population and offers policymakers, researchers, and educators a variety of statistics on the condition of education in the United States.
5/12/1998
NCES 9725 1996 National Household Education Survey (NHES:96) Questionnaires: Screener/Household and Library, Parent and Family Involvement in Education and Civic Involvement, Youth Civic Involvement, and Adult Civic Involvement
This working paper covers several components: Household and Library (HH&L), Parent and Family Involvement in Education and Civic Involvement (PFI/CI), Youth Civic Involvement (YCI), and Adult Civic Involvement (ACI).
9/11/1997
NCES 97426 CD-ROM: 1991, 1993, 1995, and 1996 National Household Education Surveys
The NHES:91/93/95/96 CD-ROM contains the following data files: 1991 Adult Education, Adult File; 1991 Adult Education, Course file; 1991 Preprimary file; 1991 Primary file; 1993 School Readiness file; 1993 School Safety and Discipline file; 1995 Adult Education file; 1995 Early Childhood Program Participation file; 1996 Parent/Family Involvement in Education and Parent Civic Involvement file; 1996 Youth Civic Involvement file; 1996 Adult Civic Involvement file; and 1996 Household and Public Library file. The CD-ROM contains and Electric Codebook (ECB) program that allows researchers to examine the variables in each of the NHES data sets as well as create SAS, SPSS for DOS, and SPSS for Windows programs that generate an extract data file. In addition, the Data File User's Manuals for each of the NHES components, "A Guide to Using Data from the National Household Education Survey", and the "NHES: 91/93/95/96 Electronic Codebook User's Guide" are included on the CD-ROM.
8/5/1997
NCES 97331 Student Participation in Community Service Activity
This report examines data from the 1996 National Household Education Survey, Youth Civic Involvement component, in which students in grades 6 through 12 were asked about their participation in community service activities. Additionally, youth were asked about some of the ways that schools might encourage community service participation and integrate it with classroom learning. From these data, one can examine the relationship between community service participation and school practices, as reported by the students. The data also provide information about how participation in community service activities is related to student, family, community, and school characteristics.
5/1/1997
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