This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other G-8 countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom.
This paper reviews the strengths and limitations of commonly employed linking methodologies, reviews the history of linking efforts involving the NAEP, and proposes a framework to consider linking utility and validity
The unprecedented number of forcibly displaced people poses a serious challenge to quality education and learning across the world. Join AIR on Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ET to learn more about teachers’ critical role in ensuring inclusive and quality education during forced displacement. ...
Due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, rainfall in southern Madagascar became so sparse that the Malagasy government declared a state of emergency in September 2016. AIR conducted an ex-post, quasi-experimental evaluation of the Fiavota cash transfer which investigated how the program affected households and children. ...
In recent years, educators and others responsible for large-scale assessments have sought to include more disabled students in testing programs. Test accommodations are already provided for some students taking the NAEP and other large-scale state assessments. This study examines the impact of oral presentation of a mathematics test on the ...
The purpose of this simulation was to assess the improvements in standard errors of estimates that could be expected if students participating in NAEP were pre-assigned to test booklets that were adapted to their level of performance based on their state assessment scores.
Join AIR on Thursday, October 12 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. ET for a discussion where AIR and external experts will explore linkages between socioeconomic indicators and climate change vulnerability.
The creation and widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has ushered in a significant change in education policy leading to great interest in tracking its impact on student achievement. However, throughout this transition to the CCSS, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will continue to be ...
For this study, the records of participants in the 2003 NAEP reading and mathematics assessments in four states were matched to state assessment records, and the standard errors of lowest and highest quartile students, based on the state assessments, were compared for all of the existing NAEP item blocks. ...
This report compares the content of two science assessments for grades 4 and 8, and provides information useful for interpreting and comparing results from the two assessments, based on an in-depth look at the content of the respective frameworks and assessment items.