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Title:     Technical Report: NAEP 1996 State Assessment Program in Science
Description:     The NAEP 1996 State Assessment in science, in which 47 jurisidictions participated, measured what eighth-grade students know and can do in science. This report provides technical information about the assessment. It provides a description of the assessment design and gives an overview of the steps involved in the implementation of the program from the planning stages through to the analysis and reporting of the data. It does not provide results, but rather detailed information on the development of the cognitive and background questions, the field procedures, the creation of the database and data products for analysis, and the methods and procedures used for sampling, analysis, and reporting.
Online Availability:     bullet Browse the Overview of the report.
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Cover Date:     January 1998
Web Release:     January 27, 1998  
Print Release:     January 27, 1998
Publication #:     (NCES 98480)
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Authors:     Nancy L. Allen, Spencer S. Swinton, Steven P. Isham, and Christine A. Zelenak
Type of Product:     Technical/Methodological
Survey/Program Areas:     National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Keywords:     bullet NAEP
bullet Science
Questions:     For questions about the content of this product, please contact Arnold  Goldstein.
 
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