美国国家教育进展评估

The U.S.National Assessment of Educational Progress

在美国,国家教育进展评估(NAEP)也被称为"国家成绩单"。2001年《一个孩子都不能掉队》(NCLB)法案通过之后,国家教育进展评估成为衡量全国、各州和越来越多的大城市教育进展的一个重要工具。《一个孩子都不能掉队》法案规定四年级和八年级学生应该参加国家和州级的阅读和数学测试,同时,州级的科学和写作测试也享有很高的优先权。此外,国家教育进展评估也对其他科目,包括公民学、历史和经济学进行不定期测试。然而,在测试艺术和外语方面,国家教育进展评估并未取得成功。本文介绍了美国国家教育进展评估的主要内容,同时探讨了这一评估目前所面临的挑战。

In the United States,the National Assessment of Education Progress（NAEP） serves as the ＂Nation＇s Report Card.＂ Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act（NCLB） in 2001,NAEP has become a central tool in measuring educational progress in the United States as a whole,in individual states,and in a growing number of large urban districts.Moreover,while NCLB mandates testing in reading and math at grades 4 and 8 at both the state and national levels,state level testing in science and writing have been and will likely continue to be high priority.NAEP also tests on a less regular basis a range of other academic subjects,including civics,history,and economics.It has less successfully tried to assess the arts and foreign languages.This paper reviews some of the main NAEP assessments and identifies some of the challenges facing NAEP.