NAEP Reading Consensus Project National Assessment Governing Board U.S. Department of Education

What Is NAEP?

Overview

Introduction

Chapter One: Development of the Reading Framework

Steering Committee Guidelines
Considerations and Principles

The Nature of Assessment
Reading Literacy
Assessment and Instruction
New Methodologies
The Basis of the Framework

A Goal for Reading Literacy Education

Types of Reading Situations
Scales

Constructing, Extending, and Examining Meaning

Forming an Initial Understanding
Developing an Interpretation
Personal Reflection and Response
Demonstrating a Critical Stance

Constructing the Assessment

Designing Items
Selecting Passages
Achievement Levels

Special Studies

Oral Reading and Response Study
Portfolio Study
Metacognition Study

Information for Education Policymakers

Appendix A: Reading Achievement Level Descriptions

Appendix B: Steering and Planning Committees

Appendix C: Sample Items

Grade 4 -- Reading for Information
Grade 8 -- Reading to Perform a Task
Grade 12 -- Reading for Literary Experience

National Assessment Governing Board Mark D. Musick Chair Michael T. Nettles Vice Chair Roy Truby Executive Director Mary Crovo Project Officer

Reading Consensus Project Ramsay W. Selden Director Barbara Kapinus Consensus Coordinator

Reading Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress: 1992-2000.

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NAEP Reading Consensus Project
Developed for the National Assessment Governing Board under contract number RS 89175001 by the Council of Chief State School Officers.