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    Naep Reporting Practices: Investigating District-Level and Market-Basket Reporting

    Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment

    At the request of the Department of Education, the National Research Council formed the Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices to address questions about the desirability, feasibility, and potential impact of…

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    Designing a Market Basket for NAEP: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices: Investigating District-Level and Market-Basket Reporting,Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    At the request of the U.S. Department of Education, the National Research Council (NRC) established the Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices to examine the feasibility and potential impact of district-level…

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    Reporting District-Level NAEP Data: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices: Investigating District-Level and Market-Basket Reporting,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s best measures of student achievement in key subject areas. This title explores with various…

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    Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Summary of Two Workshops

    Planning Committee on Evidence on Selected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education,National Research Council

    Numerous teaching, learning, assessment, and institutional innovations in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have emerged in the past decade. Because virtually all of these innovations have been…

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    How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice

    Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice,National Research Council

    What can teachers and schools do – with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods – to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly…

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    How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School

    Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Scientific evidence has added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur, to the influence of culture on what we see and absorb…

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    A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

    Committee on Conceptual Framework for the New K-12 Science Education Standards,National Research Council

    Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity’s most pressing current and future challenges. The United States’ position…

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    State Assessment Systems: Exploring Best Practices and Innovations: Summary of Two Workshops

    Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards,National Research Council

    Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes. They…

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    Improving the Health of Women in the United States: Workshop Summary

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

    The environment for women’s health has changed over the last 25 years. Increased use of automobiles can lead to health risks from lack of physical activity. There has also been…

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    How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on How People Learn II: The Science and Practice of Learning

    There are many reasons to be curious about the way people learn, and the past several decades have seen an explosion of research that has important implications for individual learning…

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    Are Generational Categories Meaningful Distinctions for Workforce Management?

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Consideration of Generational Issues in Workforce Management and Employment Practices

    Headlines frequently appear that purport to highlight the differences among workers of different generations and explain how employers can manage the wants and needs of each generation. But is each…

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    Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

    Committee on Depression, Parenting Practices, and the Healthy Development of Children,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

    Depression is a widespread condition affecting approximately 7.5 million parents in the U.S. each year and may be putting at least 15 million children at risk for adverse health outcomes…

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    The National Children’s Study Research Plan: A Review

    Panel to Review the National Children's Study Research Plan,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

    The National Children’s Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children’s health ever conducted in the United States. This book evaluates…

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    Evaluation of the Achievement Levels for Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on the Evaluation of NAEP Achievement Levels for Mathematics and Reading

    Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on academic performance and progress of the nation’s students. The assessment…

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    Keeping Score for All: The Effects of Inclusion and Accommodation Policies on Large-Scale Educational Assessment

    Committee on Participation of English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities in NAEP and Other Large-Scale Assessments,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    US public schools are responsible for educating large numbers of English language learners and students with disabilities. This book considers policies for including students with disabilities and English language learners…

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    U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

    Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

    The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved…

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    Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

    Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have asked for this type of…

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    Literacy for Science: Exploring the Intersection of the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core for Ela Standards: A Workshop Summary

    Board on Science Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Steering Committee on Exploring the Overlap Between Literacy in Science and the Practice of Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information,National Research Council

    The recent movement in K-12 education toward common standards in key subjects represents an unprecedented opportunity for improving learning outcomes for all students. These standards initiatives - the Common Core…

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    Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

    Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their linguistic, cognitive, and social potential…

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    Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions

    While technologies are clearly instrumental in transitioning away from fossil fuel-based energy and toward a decarbonized economy, decisions about which technologies are prioritized, how they are implemented, and the policies…

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