PDC14: Analyzing NAEP Assessment Data Using R

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

The purpose of the course is to introduce participants to the current functionality of “edsurvey,” an R package tailored for the analysis of large-scale assessment data, and to teach them how to analyze National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), or NAEP-like, data with appropriate procedures using the R package (which can be downloaded for free)’ . The course will start out familiarizing participants with the psychometric and sampling design of NAEP, which is essential to understanding and analyzing NAEP data. Afterward, the course will focus on providing hands-on practice using the R package “edsurvey.” Participants are required to be familiar with the R software.”

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Emmanuel Sikali, U.S. Department of Education

• Paul Bailey, American Institutes for Research

• Young Yee Kim, American Institutes for Research

• Ting Zhang, American Institutes for Research