Setting Standards for the 1998 NAEP in Civics and Writing [electronic resource] : Using Focus Groups To Finalize the Achievement Levels Descriptions / Patricia L. Hanick and Susan Cooper Loomis.

The description of achievement levels is important to the process of reporting student performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A process was designed to develop achievement level descriptions (ALDs) for writing and civics. To begin, focus groups were conducted in each...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Hanick, Patricia L.
Other Authors:	Loomis, Susan Cooper
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Academic Standards. Civics. Elementary Secondary Education. Evaluation Methods. Focus Groups. National Competency Tests. Pilot Projects. Questionnaires. Standard Setting (Scoring) Standardized Tests. Tables (Data) Writing Achievement. Writing (Composition)