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      Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on the Foundations of Assessment

      Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight’s dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. This title explains how…

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      Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

      Committee on the Foundations of Assessment,Board on Testing and Assessment

      Explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. This work presents principles for designing…

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      Evaluation of Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress

      Committee on Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress,Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Mathematical Sciences Education Board,Committee on Science Education K-12

      Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning is the summary of a National Research Council workshop convened to examine the gap between external and classroom assessment. This report discusses issues…

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      Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy

      Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents,National Research Council

      The US Environmental Protection Agency asked the Council to review the methods and strategies currently being used to evaluate the hazards of risks associated with exposure to drugs, food additives…

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      Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education: A Nation Advancing?

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on Science Education,Committee on the Evaluation Framework for Successful K-12 STEM Education

      Following a 2011 report by the National Research Council (NRC) on successful K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Congress asked the National Science Foundation to identify methods…

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      Grading the Nations Report Card: Evaluating NAEP and Transforming the Assessment of Educational Progress

      Committee on the Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress,National Research Council

      Examines ways NAEP can be strengthened to provide informative portrayals of student achievement and the school and system factors that influence it. This book explores how to improve NAEP framework…

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      Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

      Committee on Developing Assessments of Science Proficiency in K-12

      Develops an approach to science assessment to meet the vision of science education for the future as it has been elaborated in A Framework for K-12 Science Education (Framework) and…

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      Supporting Students’ College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Assessing Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies

      A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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      Building a Workforce for the Information Economy: Workforce Needs in Information Technology

      Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council

      Looks at IT workers and the policy issues they inspire. This book identifies characteristics that differentiate IT work from other categories of high-tech work, including an informative contrast with biotechnology…

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      Embedding Questions: The Pursuit of a Common Measure in Uncommon Tests

      Committee on Embedding Common Test Items in State and District Assessments,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment

      Policy makers are caught between two powerful forces in relation to testing in America’s schools. One is increased interest on the part of educators, reinforced by federal requirements, in developing…

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      Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality

      Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality

      The important issue of teaching quality is addressed in this text by focusing upon the appropriateness, technical quality and merits of using teacher licensure tests. It also provides advice on…

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      Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Defining Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills

      Board on Testing and Assessment, and Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

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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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      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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      An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia: Reform in a Changing Landscape

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee for the Five-Year (2009-2013) Summative Evaluation of the District of Columbia Public Schools

      An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia is a comprehensive five-year summative evaluation report for Phase Two of an initiative to evaluate the District of Columbia’s…

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      Grading the Nation’s Report Card: Research from the Evaluation of NAEP

      The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation’s report card, chronicles students’ academic achievement in America. This volume considers the use and application of NAEP, and contains…

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      Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Goals 2000 and the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities

      Addresses how to reconcile common learning for all students with individualized education for one - the unique student. This book makes recommendations to states and communities that have adopted standards-based…

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      Assessing Accomplished Teaching: Advanced-Level Certification Programs

      Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards,National Research Council

      In response to a request from the US Congress, the National Research Council developed a framework for evaluating programs that award advanced-level teacher certification and applied that framework in an…

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      Performance Assessments for Adult Education, Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop

      Committee for the Workshop on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided to undereducated and limited English…

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      Myths and Tradeoffs: The Role of Tests in Undergraduate Admissions

      Steering Committee for the Workshop on Higher Education Admissions,Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In 1996, more than 8 million students went through the complicated, stressful, and sometimes bewildering process of applying to colleges and universities in the United States. Much of the nail-biting…

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      Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2: Final Report

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on the Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2

      In his 1997 State of the Union address, President Clinton announced a federal initiative to develop tests of 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade mathematics that could be administered on a voluntary…

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      Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners

      Panel to Review Alternative Data Sources for the Limited-English Proficiency Allocation Formula Under Title III, Part A, Elementary and Secondary Education Act,National Research Council

      As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation’s school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With…

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      Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: An Assessment of NASA’s Space Solar Power Investment Strategy

      Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Space Solar Power Investment Strategy,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      In March 2000, NASA’s Office of Space Flight asked the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council to perform an independent assessment of the space solar power…

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      SBIR at the National Science Foundation

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program?Phase II

      The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes…

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      Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee to Assess Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant

      Reviews and evaluates the results of the tests conducted on one of the SCWO units to be provided to Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. This title provides recommendations…

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