Keywords
No Child Left Behind, NCLB, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP, Standardized Testing, Improving America's Schools Act and Goals 2000: Educate America Act, IASA, Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, EASA, Title I, Title VI, Standards-Based Reform, State Standardized Tests, Low Socio-Economic Students
Abstract
This study provided information for policymakers and practitioners by comparing performance of eighth grade students in 2007 on state standardized reading assessments and by the four census-defined regions identified by NAEP. NCLB required states to set their own performance standards and to create their own data collection instruments resulting in increased transparency of student performance data and a lack of uniform accountability systems. The inability of educators, policy-makers, and the general public to make state-by-state comparisons in the area of reading was the catalyst for the study. NAEP data were collected from NCES and state performance data were collected from the USDOE SY 2006-2007 CSPR to determine if a relationship existed between eighth grade students' state scores and NAEP scores in the four census-defined regions. Data were further disaggregated by low socioeconomic students and by nonwhite students. A regression analysis was statistically significant in predicting: a) the state proficient and above scores from the NAEP proficient and above scores, b) the low socioeconomic state proficient and above scores from the NAEP proficient and above scores in the West census-defined region, and c) the nonwhite state proficient and above scores from the NAEP proficient and above scores in all regions. A regression analysis was not statistically significant in predicting low socioeconomic state proficient and above scores from the low socioeconomic NAEP proficient and above scores in the Midwest, South and Northeast regions.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2009
Advisor
Taylor, Rosemarye
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education
Department
Educational Research, Technology, and Leadership
Degree Program
Educational Leadership
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0002536
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002536
Language
English
Release Date
April 2009
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Gordon, William II, "A Comparison Of Eighth Grade Reading Scores By State And By The Four Census-defined Regions Identified By Naep" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3877.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3877