Assessing Assessment in April 2026
We’ve made it to April!
In the spirit of this season of rebirth and renewal, in this week’s TL: DR blog post I ponder and prophesy on the current state and future of our field.
The Significance* of NAEP
I wrap up my March series, NAEP by the Numbers, with the number .05 and a discussion of significance and differences. The significance of NAEP lies far beyond score differences within and across years that are statistically significant at the .05 level. Much of what makes NAEP significant is that it is different. Different from…
#NAEP250 – It’s Trending
“All good things must come to an end.” In the third post of my NAEP by the Numbers series, I ponder historically, philosophically, and a little bit technically, on whether that time has come for something that many believe are very good things – the NAEP trend lines.
Batting .500 with the NAEP Scale
In the second post of my NAEP by the Numbers series, I reflect on the NAEP 0-500 scales: both the Long Term Trend scale that stretches back to the 1970s and the new scale developed when NAEP began reporting state results some 35 years ago. At times, impressive. Other times frustrating. Love it or hate…
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“Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” – Albert Camus
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