The Nation's Report Card[TM] [electronic resource] : Reading, 2003. NCES 2005-453 / Patricia L. Donahue, Mary C. Daane and Ying Jin.
This report presents results of the NAEP 2003 fourth- and eighth-grade reading assessments for the nation, for regions of the country, for participating states and other jurisdictions, and for participating urban districts. Assessment results are described in terms of students' average reading...
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| Summary: | This report presents results of the NAEP 2003 fourth- and eighth-grade reading assessments for the nation, for regions of the country, for participating states and other jurisdictions, and for participating urban districts. Assessment results are described in terms of students' average reading score on a 0-500 scale and in terms of the percentage of students attaining each of three achievement levels: Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. National and district-level scores at different percentiles on the scale (indicating the percentage of students whose scores fell below a particular point) are also discussed. Appended are: (1) Overview of Procedures Used for the NAEP 2003 Reading Assessment; (2) Subgroup Percentage Appendix; (3) State and Urban District Subgroup Appendix; (4) State- and District-Level Contextual Variables; and (5) Sample Text from the NAEP 2003 Reading Assessment. (Contains 170 tables and figures.) [This report was written in collaboration with: Hui Deng; Kelvin Gregory; Steven Isham; Andreas Oranje; Tatyana Petrovicheva; Fred Schaeffer; and Jinming Zhang from the Educational Testing Service. The work upon which this publication is based was also performed by Pearson Educational Measurement.] |
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| Item Description: | Availability: edition Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free). Abstractor: ERIC. Educational level discussed: Grade 4. Educational level discussed: Grade 8. |
| Physical Description: | 294 pages. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Numeric (Numerical/Quantitative Data) Text (Reports, Evaluative) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | National Center for Education Statistics. |