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Improving Student Achievement - What State NAEP Test Scores Tell Us    http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR924/index.html
This site provides a report by the RAND Corporation and addresses the rationale for focusing on state achievement results, potential barriers to analyzing state achievement as well as the review of literature.
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National Assessment Governing Board    http://www.nagb.org/
National Assessment Governing Board is an independent, bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. Congress created the 26-member Governing Board in 1988 to set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - commonly known as the "The Nation's Report Card." This site provides the timeline of testing, the NAEP results, as well as information on why the NAEP is used to verify state results.
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)    http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
This site is provided by the National Center for Education Statistics and includes the nation’s report card as well as valuable information about the 2005 assessment.
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)    http://www.iowaparents.org/nclb/naep
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what American students know and can do in major academic subjects, including reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, civics, geography, and the arts. This assessment provides valuable information about the condition of education in the United States. This site provides information on NAEP.
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Testing Q & A    http://www.iowaparents.org/files/testing_qa.pdf
The United States Department of Education provides answers to commonly asked questions about testing.
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