All Reports
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Monday, May 1, 2006
Comparing Mathematics Content in NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA 2003
This report compares three mathematics assessments conducted in 2003, and aims to provide information useful for interpreting and comparing results from the three assessments, based on an in-depth look at the content of the frameworks and items.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
How Are English Learners Faring Under Proposition 227?
To track the effects of Proposition 227, the California Department of Education commissioned a five-year evaluation of the proposition’s implementation and impact. This summary of the study undertaken by the American Institutes for Research and WestEd highlights the full report’s findings and recommendations.
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Saturday, April 1, 2006
The Relationship Between Nonschool Factors and Student Achievement on International Assessments
This Statistics in Brief examines the relationship between six nonschool factors and student achievement in countries that participated in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003. The nonschool factors were: highest level of education attained by either of the students’ parents; the highest occupational status of either of the students’ parents; the number of books that students have access to in the home; whether students speak the native language of the country at home; students’ immigrant status; and students’ family structure.
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Saturday, April 1, 2006
CSRQ Center Report on Education Service Providers
The CSRQ Center Report on Education Service Providers (ESPs) is a first-of-its-kind, scientifically based, and consumer-oriented review of the effectiveness and quality of seven widely implemented ESP models. ESPs provide a comprehensive approach to whole school improvement, including administrative services.
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Monday, March 27, 2006
A Review of the Literature in Adult Numeracy: Research and Conceptual Issues
The Adult Numeracy Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), provides a thorough understanding of adult numeracy and the state of the discipline.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Instructional Focus in First Grade
This Issue Brief uses data from the ECLS-K to examine how often per week and how much time per day first-graders were instructed in subjects such as reading, mathematics, and science. It also focuses in more detail on students’ in-class work in reading and language arts.
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Comparing Science Content in the NAEP and TIMSS 2003 Assessments
This report compares the content of two science assessments for grades 4 and 8, and provides information useful for interpreting and comparing results from the two assessments, based on an in-depth look at the content of the respective frameworks and assessment items.
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Fifth Grade: Findings From The Fifth-Grade Follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K) is following a nationally representative cohort of children from kindergarten and into the later grades. The ECLS-K focuses on children’s school experiences beginning with kindergarten.
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Teacher Qualifications, Instructional Practices, and Reading and Mathematics Gains of Kindergartners
This report explores relationships between kindergarten teachers' reports of their qualifications and instructional practices and direct assessments of children's reading and mathematics achievement during the kindergarten year. The study estimated the degree to which specific aspects of teacher training—the teaching credential and coursework in pedagogy—and teaching experience were associated with student achievement.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, and School Districts: School Year 2003-04
This report presents information about public elementary and secondary education for the 2003–04 school year. The data were provided by state education agencies through the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system.
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Saturday, February 4, 2006
Closing the Reading Gap
This evaluation report is addressing three broad types of questions related to intervention impacts.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227, Final Report
In 2000, the California Department of Education contracted with AIR, assisted by WestEd, for a five-year evaluation of the Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227 on the Education of English Learners. This is the culminating report, synthesizing findings from research performed across all five years of the study.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227, Appendices
Appendices for the Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227 report.
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Sunday, January 1, 2006
The Literacy of America's College Students
With the recent attention on accountability measures for elementary and secondary schools, accountability in institutions of higher education has been all but overlooked. The National Survey of America's College Students (NSACS) is a study that examines the literacy of U.S. college students, providing information on how prepared these students are to continue to learn and use the skills that they will need in the years to come.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Reassessing U.S. International Mathematics Performance: Findings from the 2003 TIMSS and PISA
This study reexamines the TIMSS and PISA results to correct this comparison bias by analyzing U.S. mathematics performance relative to a common set of 12 countries that participated in all three assessments.
