a long uphill road : a report to Carnegie Corporation of New York /
First Statement of Responsibility
Jennifer Sloan McCombs [and others].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Santa Monica, CA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RAND Corp.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 68 pages
SERIES
Series Title
Rand note ;
Volume Designation
TR-180-EDU
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- State and national assessments of adolescent literacy -- The current state of adolescent literacy achievement: results from state assessments -- The current state of adolescent literacy achievement: results from the national assessment of literacy progress -- The current state of adolescent literacy achievement: reconciling results from state and national assessments -- Conclusions and policy implications.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
RAND gathered information from the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) on state assessment systems and student performce on reading or English language arts and writing assessments in order to measure adolescents' (grade 4 through 12) performance toward state literacy goals. Also examines the relative performance of students against national standards represented by the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
System requirements for computer disk: CD-ROM drive.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project)
University of South Alabama
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Education-- Standards-- United States.
Education-- United States-- Evaluation.
Educational accountability-- United States-- States.