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Test Designers Tap Students for Feedback
- The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium uses cognitive labs to design tests for the Common Core State Standards.
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NAEP Seeks to Test New Measure of Student Poverty
- “Improving the Measurement of Socioeconomic Status for the National Assessment of Educational Progress” is by the National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Absenteeism Linked to Low Achievement in NAEP Time Study
- “Time for Learning: An Explanatory Analysis of NAEP Data” is by the National Assessment Governing Board.
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Union Pushes Higher Standards for New Teachers
- “Raising the Bar” is by the American Federation of Teachers.
Brand-New NAEP Report on Vocabulary Shows Same Old Gaps
- The National Assessment of Educational Progress 2011 analyzed vocabulary skills.
