REPORT SEES DISCONNECT BETWEEN NAEP, COMMON STANDARDS + Report
BY ERIK ROBELEN | EDWEEK EDUCATION MATTERS BLOG| HTTP://BIT.LY/FNFCU9
- [Correction: This blog post should have said that the NAEP math items examined in the Brookings Institution study were, on average, two to three years below the 8th grade math recommended by the common-core standards. The algebra items were at about the 6th grade level. The items from the "numbers" strand were at about the 5th grade level.]
January 11, 2011 8:37 AM | A new analysis from the Brookings Institution raises questions anew about what the advent of common standards—and the development of common assessments to complement them—means for the future of NAEP, often called "America's report card." Overall, the report suggests that the coming common exams mean "a new era is dawning for NAEP," though what that future will look like remains murky.
The analysis by Brookings senior fellow Tom Loveless seeks to match up the common standards in mathematics with publicly released test items from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. In algebra, it found that the NAEP items were, on average, two to three years below the 8th grade math recommended by the common-core standards. The study examines NAEP math items from the 8th grade assessment,