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The Nation's Report Card: Vocabulary Results from the 2009 and 2011 NAEP Reading Assessments (NCES 2013-452)
NCES
Virtual
Dec 06, 2012
About this event
Beginning in 2009, the NAEP reading framework required an integration of a measure of students' understanding of word meaning with the measurement of passage comprehension in the NAEP reading assessment. By systematically measuring vocabulary, NAEP was able to more fully assess the impact of vocabulary knowledge on students' comprehension and makes it possible to report on students' vocabulary performance.
Vocabulary Results from the 2009 and 2011 NAEP Reading Assessments presents results for student performance on the systematic measure of vocabulary included in the 2009 and 2011 NAEP reading assessments. While previous NAEP assessments had included some vocabulary questions, the new framework for the 2009 assessment provided criteria for developing vocabulary questions as well as prescribing the number of questions to be included in each comprehension section of the assessment. This systematic assessment of vocabulary allows for NAEP to more fully assess the impact of vocabulary knowledge on students' comprehension and makes it possible to report on students' vocabulary performance.
The report includes results at both the national and state levels (all states at grades 4 and 8, and 11 states at grade 12). Vocabulary results are reported as the percentages of students who correctly answered vocabulary questions and as average scores on a 0-500 scale for grades 4, 8, and 12. Trend results between 2009 and 2011 are available at grades 4 and 8. The reading assessment was not administered at grade 12 in 2011.
Vocabulary Results from the 2009 and 2011 NAEP Reading Assessments presents results for student performance on the systematic measure of vocabulary included in the 2009 and 2011 NAEP reading assessments. While previous NAEP assessments had included some vocabulary questions, the new framework for the 2009 assessment provided criteria for developing vocabulary questions as well as prescribing the number of questions to be included in each comprehension section of the assessment. This systematic assessment of vocabulary allows for NAEP to more fully assess the impact of vocabulary knowledge on students' comprehension and makes it possible to report on students' vocabulary performance.
The report includes results at both the national and state levels (all states at grades 4 and 8, and 11 states at grade 12). Vocabulary results are reported as the percentages of students who correctly answered vocabulary questions and as average scores on a 0-500 scale for grades 4, 8, and 12. Trend results between 2009 and 2011 are available at grades 4 and 8. The reading assessment was not administered at grade 12 in 2011.
