Encourage Teachers to Support NAEP · 2013-01-10 · 19 Encourage Teachers to Support NAEP Teachers are essential to motivating students to do their best on NAEP. It is important

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Encourage Teachers to

Support NAEP

Teachers are essential to motivating students to do their best on NAEP. It is important that teachers understand that NAEP is a valuable tool to show the nation what high school students know and can do. Teachers may be reluctant to lose instructional time to an assessment, but without having students participate in and do their best on NAEP, the general public and policymakers will not have an accurate picture of the achievement of our nation’s high school students.

Here are some suggestions on how to gain teacher support:

Show the 5-minute NAEP video, Introducing NAEP to Teachers, and PowerPoint at a faculty meeting. The PowerPoint shares essential information about NAEP and emphasizes the importance of student participation. Invite teachers to discuss how to encourage students to do their best on NAEP.

Place copies of the Measure Up newsletter in your faculty lounge. Issues will include information about

■■ upcoming NAEP activities,

■■ results from recently released NAEP assessments and how they are being used, and

■■ how NAEP’s online tools can be used as a resource for the classroom.

Use the Talking Points to answer teachers’ questions about NAEP.

Encourage teachers to find us on:

Download the NAEP Results App.

Scan this QR code to add the app to your smartphone.

Schools that held a faculty meeting to explain NAEP and the importance of student participation and motivation had higher student participation than schools that did not.

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Video

Introducing NAEP to Teachers

Teachers play an integral role in the lives of students and their encouragement makes a big difference. Share this short video with faculty and staff to hear what real educators are saying about the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Learn more about the impact of NAEP, the online resources that are available for teachers, and the strategies teachers can use to motivate students to try their best on the assessment.

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NAEP 2013

Coming Soon to Acme High School!

What is NAEP?

• NAEP stands for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

• Ever heard of “The Nation’s Report Card”? It shows the results of NAEP!

• Tests are given to assess student achievement in major subject areas across the nation at grades 4, 8, and 12.

NAEP 2013

Coming Soon to Acme High School!

What is NAEP?

• NAEP stands for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

• Ever heard of “The Nation’s Report Card”? It shows the results of NAEP!

• Tests are given to assess student achievement in major subject areas across the nation at grades 4, 8, and 12.

PowerPoint Presentation

Introducing NAEP to Teachers

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What does this mean for our school?• We have been selected to participate and

represent schools across our state and the nation.

• Our state is one of only 13 states that will receive grade 12 NAEP results.

• We are one of 2,000 schools in the United States.

• Approximately 100,000 seniors have been randomly selected by NAEP.

What is on the test?

• Seniors will take an assessment in mathematics or reading.

• All questions are paper-pencil, and students will be able to write their answers in the test book.

• Questions are multiple-choice, short constructed-response, or extended constructed-response.

• The assessment also includes questions about how teachers teach, students’ educational experiences, and other information.

What does this mean for our school?• We have been selected to participate and

represent schools across our state and the nation.

• Our state is one of only 13 states that will receive grade 12 NAEP results.

• We are one of 2,000 schools in the United States.

• Approximately 100,000 seniors have been randomly selected by NAEP.

What is on the test?

• Seniors will take an assessment in mathematics or reading.

• All questions are paper-pencil, and students will be able to write their answers in the test book.

• Questions are multiple-choice, short constructed-response, or extended constructed-response.

• The assessment also includes questions about how teachers teach, students’ educational experiences, and other information.

Introducing NAEP to Teachers PowerPoint Presentation

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Mathematics Sample Question #1The principal of a high school would like to determine why there has been a large decline during the year in the number of students who buy food in the school’s cafeteria. To do this, 25 students from the school will be surveyed. Which method would be the most appropriate for selecting the 25 students to participate in the survey?

A

B

C

D

E

Randomly select 25 students from the senior class.

Randomly select 25 students from those taking physics.

Randomly select 25 students from a list of all students at the school.

Randomly select 25 students from a list of students who eat in the cafeteria.

Give the survey to the first 25 students to arrive at school in the morning.

Mathematics Sample Question #2Bob is going on a trip. He will be taking a taxi, a flight, and then a train. Bob chose the following three companies based on their claims.

– Tom’s Taxi Service claims that it is on time 95 percent of the time.

– Friendly Flyer Airlines claims that it is on time 93 percentof the time.

– Rapid Railways claims that it is on time 98 percent of the time.

Based on the three companies’ claims, what is the approximate probability that all three parts of Bob’s trip will be on time, assuming that all three probabilities are independent?

Answer: 87% or 0.87 Solution (not required in the response).95 x .93 x .98 = .8658 ≈ .87

Mathematics Sample Question #1The principal of a high school would like to determine why there has been a large decline during the year in the number of students who buy food in the school’s cafeteria. To do this, 25 students from the school will be surveyed. Which method would be the most appropriate for selecting the 25 students to participate in the survey?

A

B

C

D

E

Randomly select 25 students from the senior class.

Randomly select 25 students from those taking physics.

Randomly select 25 students from a list of all students at the school.

Randomly select 25 students from a list of students who eat in the cafeteria.

Give the survey to the first 25 students to arrive at school in the morning.

Mathematics Sample Question #2Bob is going on a trip. He will be taking a taxi, a flight, and then a train. Bob chose the following three companies based on their claims.

– Tom’s Taxi Service claims that it is on time 95 percent of the time.

– Friendly Flyer Airlines claims that it is on time 93 percentof the time.

– Rapid Railways claims that it is on time 98 percent of the time.

Based on the three companies’ claims, what is the approximate probability that all three parts of Bob’s trip will be on time, assuming that all three probabilities are independent?

Answer: 87% or 0.87 Solution (not required in the response).95 x .93 x .98 = .8658 ≈ .87

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Excerpt #1 From Reading Sample Question Passage

“Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—”

She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance.

“I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said.

“She has been very interesting,” said Framton.

From The Open Window by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1870–1916)

Reading Sample Question #1

Which of the following best describes what happens in the story?

A young man visits his aunt and tells her about a recent tragedy.

A young girl amuses her family by telling them scary stories.

A young girl makes up a story and frightens a nervous visitor.

A family plays a trick on a young man from out of town.

A

B

C

D


“Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—”

She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance.

“I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said.

“She has been very interesting,” said Framton.



Which of the following best describes what happens in the story?

A young man visits his aunt and tells her about a recent tragedy.

A young girl amuses her family by telling them scary stories.

A young girl makes up a story and frightens a nervous visitor.

A family plays a trick on a young man from out of town.

A

B

C

D

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“It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back someday, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do.”



• Using specific details from the story, explain what Vera does or says to make Framton believe her.

Actual Student Response: Vera makes Framton believe her while she was telling the story her voice lost its self-possessed quality and actually became human. She also broke off the story ending with a shudder. She is a very believable person and very good at lying.


“It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back someday, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do.”



• Using specific details from the story, explain what Vera does or says to make Framton believe her.

Actual Student Response: Vera makes Framton believe her while she was telling the story her voice lost its self-possessed quality and actually became human. She also broke off the story ending with a shudder. She is a very believable person and very good at lying.

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How do I prepare students for NAEP?• There’s no need for students to study or prepare.

• Students should be encouraged to try their best to answer each question. NAEP just wants to know how much seniors know about the subject area.

• Student scores will be anonymous, and will not affect student grades or academic records in any way.

• Student scores will be combined with the scores of other students to reflect what students know in our state.

What should students expect?

• Testing takes place on January 28, 2013, and will take about 90 minutes.

• We will call students out of class that day.

• Students will receive a hall pass telling them where to report.

How do I prepare students for NAEP?• There’s no need for students to study or prepare.

• Students should be encouraged to try their best to answer each question. NAEP just wants to know how much seniors know about the subject area.

• Student scores will be anonymous, and will not affect student grades or academic records in any way.

• Student scores will be combined with the scores of other students to reflect what students know in our state.

What should students expect?

• Testing takes place on January 28, 2013, and will take about 90 minutes.

• We will call students out of class that day.

• Students will receive a hall pass telling them where to report.

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Student participation is important!• Selected students represent thousands of other

seniors across our state.

• Important decisions about education are made using the results of these tests.

• NAEP results are used by the media and policymakers to judge the quality of our state’s high schools.

• Students can contribute to improving the quality of education for every student in our state and across the nation.

Principals play an important role too!

• Principals will be given a survey to complete about our school’s…

– Demographic characteristics

– Course requirements

– Teachers

– Teacher training on new content and teaching approaches

• This information, along with the student assessment, gives a broad picture of how students are taught across the state.

Student participation is important!• Selected students represent thousands of other

seniors across our state.

• Important decisions about education are made using the results of these tests.

• NAEP results are used by the media and policymakers to judge the quality of our state’s high schools.

• Students can contribute to improving the quality of education for every student in our state and across the nation.

Principals play an important role too!

• Principals will be given a survey to complete about our school’s…

– Demographic characteristics

– Course requirements

– Teachers

– Teacher training on new content and teaching approaches

• This information, along with the student assessment, gives a broad picture of how students are taught across the state.

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NAEP is important!• Thanks to you, our students received a great

education here at Acme High School.

• Encourage our students to do their best because they represent seniors all across our state and the nation!

• It’s a great way to do something good and contribute to the future of education.

Find Out More About NAEP

• Visit NAEP on the web at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/students

• Follow us on:

NAEP is important!• Thanks to you, our students received a great

education here at Acme High School.

• Encourage our students to do their best because they represent seniors all across our state and the nation!

• It’s a great way to do something good and contribute to the future of education.

Find Out More About NAEP

• Visit NAEP on the web at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/students

• Follow us on:

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And now the informational video designed just for teachers...

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Talking Points for

Principals to Teachers

What is NAEP?The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment that shows what students across the country know and can do in key subject areas. It is different from our state assessments and even the SAT and ACT because it represents high school students across the country, not just those here in [state] or those who plan to go on to college.

Why should I encourage my students to participate?NAEP is important and an integral part of education in the United States. The results of NAEP are released in The Nation’s Report Card. Encouraging your students to participate and do their best gives them the opportunity to show how well our nation’s students perform.

■■ Elected officials, policymakers, and educators all use NAEP results to develop ways to improve education.

■■ NAEP provides a common measure of student achievement across the country.

■■ NAEP data can be used to compare and understand the performance of demographic groups within your state, the nation, and select urban districts.

■■ Teachers can use sample NAEP questions and scoring guides as a resource for understanding student performance.

What do I have to do?Your students will need to be out of class for about 90 minutes for the assessment. You do not have to do anything to prepare for the assessment; you just need to release students from class and encourage them to do their best. Each student represents thousands of other high school students across the nation.

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Measure UpAssessment news for high school teachers

Did you know?

• A sample of about

2,000 schools and

75,000 students

participated in

NAEP 2012.

• NAEP 2012

included long-term

trend assessments

in mathematics and

reading at ages 9,

13, and 17, and

a computer-based

writing pilot at

grade 4.

• NAEP 2013

will include

assessments

in mathematics

and reading.

Volume 16, Issue 3-12

Spring 2012

Thank You!Thank you to all schools participating in the NAEP 2012 assessment! The NAEP 2012 assessments began in October 2011 with the long-term trend assessment, a special NAEP assessment in reading and mathematics that is administered every 4 years to 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students throughout the nation.

The existence of the two national assessment programs, long-term trend NAEP and main NAEP, makes it possible to

• measurestudentprogressovertime,and also

• developnewassessmentinstrumentsthatreflectcurrenteducationalcontentandassessmentmethodologyaseduca-tional priorities change.

The NAEP long-term trend assessments were first administered in reading in 1971, and in mathematics in 1973.

The NAEP long-term trend assessment wasdevelopedtogiveinformationonthechangesinthebasicachievementof ournation’syouth.Ithasbeenusedto monitor trend lines first established in1969.Resultshavebeenreportedforreading since 1971 and for mathematics since 1973.

The last long-term trend assessment for whichresultsareavailablewas

administeredduringthe2007-2008schoolyear.Theresultingtrenddatashowedhigheraveragescoresinmathematicsfor 9-and13-year-oldsin2008thaninany previousassessmentyear.

The2011–2012long-termtrendassessment of 13-year-olds began on October10andendedonDecember16,2011.Studentswhoare9yearsoldwereassessedfromJanuary9toMarch16,2012,and 17-year-olds are being assessed from March19toMay25,2012.Theresultsoftheseassessmentswillbeavailablein2013.

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Measure Up sPrINg 2012

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NAEP is the largest

nationally representative

and continuing assessment

of what students across

the United States

know and can do in

various subject areas.

Assessments are conducted

in mathematics, reading,

science, writing, the

arts, civics, economics,

geography, and U.S. history.

For sample questions, visit the

NAEP Questions Tool at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

itmrlsx.

NAEP in the Classroom When NAEP results are released, select items from each assessment are also released. Teachers can access the items, answer keys and scoring guides, sample student responses, and national performance results for twelfth-grade students using the NAEP Questions Tool at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx. The NAEP Questions Tool includes both multiple-choice and constructed-response questions for all NAEP subjects and grades. Teachers may use realeased NAEP questions in their classrooms to see how their students compare to the nation or their state on specific items. sample questions from past NAEP assessments in mathematics and reading are included below. Additional information about these items can be found by using the NAEP Questions Tool.

Grade 12 Reading Question Security Deposit

Tenant has deposited with, and Landlord acknowledges receipt of, $________ as a SecurityDeposit.ThisSecurityDepositistoguaranteethereturnofthepropertytoLandlord in the same or better condition as when accepted by Tenant, reasonable wear excepted,andtosatisfyanyobligationsofTenantunfulfilledattheterminationof thisRentalAgreement,asspecifiedherein.SatisfactorycompliancewiththissectionincludesremovingalltrashandbelongingsofTenant.IfanyprovisionofthisRentalAgreementis violated,theSecurityDepositisforfeited.TheSecurityDepositmaynotbeappliedby TenantaspaymentforanyrentduetoLandlord.ShouldTenantberesponsiblefor damageand/orlossofvaluetothepropertygreaterthanthevalueof theSecurityDeposit,TenantherebyagreestoreimburseLandlordforsuchlossimmediatelyuponthepresentationofabillforsaiddamageand/orloss.LandlordshallreturnthebalanceofsaidSecurityDeposit,ifany,toTenantatTenant’sforwardingaddress,uponTenant’svacatingthepropertyandreturningkeystoLandlordanduponterminationofthiscontractaccordingtoothertermshereinagreed.TheSecurityDepositwillbereturnedwithinthirty(30)daysafterTenantvacatestheproperty,alongwithanitemizedstatementastothedeductions,ifany,fromsaidSecurityDeposit.

According to the rental agreement, what is one situation in which the tenant might lose some of the security deposit?

A. When the landlord has not received the rent on timeB. When there has been any reasonable wear to the propertyC. When the rent check has been dishonored and returnedD. When the tenant moves out and leaves belongings behind

NAEP national performance results in Reading at grade 12: 2009When would tenant lose deposit

NOTE: These results are for public and nonpublic school students. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Score

Correct

Incorrect

Omitted

Percentage of Students

34%

65%

1%

0 100

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Grade 12 Mathematics Question

NAEP in the Classroom (continued)

Since NAEP assessments

are administered uniformly

using the same sets of

test booklets across the

nation, main NAEP results

serve as a common metric

for all states and selected

urban districts. The long-

term trend assessment

stays essentially the same

from year to year, with

only carefully documented

changes. This permits NAEP

to provide a clear picture of

student academic progress

over time.

What is the value of h

A.B.C.D.E.

The correct answer is C.

h

860°

4 3

8 2

8 3

12 2

12 3

What is the value of h

A.B.C.D.E.

The correct answer is C.

h

860°

4 3

8 2

8 3

12 2

12 3

NAEP national performance results in Mathematics New Framework at grade 12: 2009Find length of side in a 30-60-90 triangle

NOTE: These results are for public and nonpublic school students. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.

Score

Correct

Incorrect

Omitted

Percentage of Students

44%

53%

4%

0 100

Connect With NAEP! Learn more about•thelatestnewsregardingupcomingassessmentsandreleases;

•tipsforusingonlineNAEPtools;

•NAEPquestionstotestyourknowledgecomparedtothatofthenation’sstudents;and

•NAEPpublications.

For more information about NAEP, go to http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

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The Nation’s Report Card informs the public about the academic achievement of elementary and secondary students in the United States. Report cards communicate the findings of NAEP, the largest continuing and nationally representative measure of achievement in various subjects over time.

Since 1969, NAEP assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and other subjects. By collecting and reporting information on student performance at the national, state, and local levels, NAEP is an integral part of our nation’s evaluation of the condition and progress of education. Only information related to academic achievement and relevant variables is collected. The privacy of individual students and their families is protected, and the identities of participating schools are not released.

What Is The Nation’s Report Card?

This publication was prepared for the National Assessment of Educational Progress by Westat under contract (ED-07-CO-0083) to the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Depart ment of Education.

If you want to… Visit…Learn more about NAEP results The Nation’s Report Card at

http://nationsreportcard.gov

Learn about the NAEP long-term trend assessment

The Nation’s Report Card at http://nationsreportcard.gov/ltt_2008/ltt0016.asp

View NAEP data for a particular state or contact your NAEP State Coordinator

The National Center for Education Statistics at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states

Access specific results for a grade level, subject, jurisdiction, and/or demographic groups

The NAEP Data Explorer at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata

Find information regarding the types of questions used on NAEP assessments or view subject-specific questions

The NAEP Questions Tool at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx

Download a Sample Questions booklet that contains sample test questions for the upcoming and previous assessments

The National Center for Education Statistics at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/booklets.asp

Learn more about NAEP frameworks and how policy is drafted for each NAEP assessment

The National Center for Education Statistics at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/frameworks.asp

Offer a comment or suggestion on NAEP The National Center for Education Statistics mailbox at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/contactus.asp

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Encourage Teachers to Support NAEP · 2013-01-10 · 19 Encourage Teachers to Support NAEP Teachers are essential to motivating students to do their best on NAEP. It is important