ED476189 CS512270
Title: The Nation's Report Card: Writing, 2002.
Author(s): Persky, Hilary R.; Daane, Mary C.; Jin, Ying
Author Affiliation: Educational Testing Service, Washington,
DC.(BBB10979); National Center for Education Statistics (ED),
Washington, DC.(EDD00004)
Pages: 242
Publication Date: July 10, 2003
Notes: Written in collaboration with Scott Davis, Frank Jenkins,
Haiying Liu, Jiahe Qian, and Satwinder Thind. Taslima Rahman,
Project Officer. For the Highlights of this report, see CS 512 269.
Report No: NCES-2003-529
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877-433-7827 (Toll Free). Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html. For full text: http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard.
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Research
(143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEDEC2003
Government Level: Federal
This report presents the results of the 2002 assessment in writing
from the National Assessment of Educational Progress for the nation
and for the participating states and jurisdictions. Comparisons are
made to performance in the national assessment of 1998 at grades 4, 8,
and 12. Comparison data are given within and across participating
states and jurisdictions for 2002 at grade 4 and for both 1998 and
2002 at grade 8. Student performance is reported in terms of average
scale scores on the NAEP writing scale and by the percentages of
students who attained the achievement levels set by the National
Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). In addition, the report presents
percentile distributions and demographic subgroup results for the
nation, including results by gender, race/ethnicity, student
eligibility for free/reduced-price school lunch, Title I, parents'
highest level of education, type of school, and type of school
location. For participating states and jurisdictions, performance
results for subgroups defined by gender, race/ethnicity, and student
eligibility for free/reduced-price school lunch are presented. The
report also includes sample assessment writing tasks and examples of
student responses in narrative, informative, and persuasive writing
modes. Scoring guides for each of the writing modes at grades 4, 8,
and 12 as well as rationales for scores of student responses are
provided. Appendices include information on national and state
samples, school and student participation rates, participation and
accommodation of students with disabilities and/or limited-English-proficient students, subgroup percentages, and state-level contextual
variables. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis; *Grade 12; *Grade 4; *Grade 8;
Intermediate Grades; *National Competency Tests; Regional
Characteristics; Secondary Education; Sex Differences; *State
Surveys; Student Evaluation; Student Writing Models; Test Results;
*Writing Achievement; Writing Research
Identifiers: *National Assessment of Educational Progress
