NAEP 1998 Writing State Report for Tennessee [electronic resource] / Laura J. Jerry and Nada Ballator.
In 1998 for the first time, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) administered a writing assessment at the state level. This report describes the writing achievement of Tennessee eighth-grade students and compares their overall performance to students in the Southeast region of the...
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| Summary: | In 1998 for the first time, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) administered a writing assessment at the state level. This report describes the writing achievement of Tennessee eighth-grade students and compares their overall performance to students in the Southeast region of the United States and the nation (using data from the NAEP national assessments). In Tennessee, 2275 students in 95 public schools were assessed. The writing assessment questions asked for three major kinds of writing: some required narrative, some informative, and some persuasive writing. Each student who participated in the state assessment was given two questions and had 25 minutes to respond to each question. The questions asked students to write in a variety of forms, such as essays, letters, stories, as well as to a variety of audiences, such as teachers, other students, and school boards. The distribution of writing results and writing achievement level results are provided for subpopulations of students (gender, race/ethnicity, students' reports of parents' educational level, free/reduced-price lunch program eligibility, and type of location). The average writing proficiency of eighth-grade public school students in Tennessee on the NAEP writing scale was 148 compared to 148 nationwide. (RS) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED433537. Availability: ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free); online ordering: http: //www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html; full report online: http: //nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt1998/1999463.shtml (PDF format). Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. ERIC Note: "In collaboration with Alfred Rogers." For the entire report covering the nation and the states, see CS 216 850. For highlights of the full report, see CS 216 849. For the 40 separate reports for 36 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependent Domestic Schools, Department of Defense Dependent Overseas Schools, and the Virgin Islands, see CS 216 851-890. Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under ED 1.310/2:433537. |
| Physical Description: | 42 p. |