SESSION TYPE: Workshop SESSION TITLE: Using the Nation's Report Card (NAEP) to Explore the Science Classroom: a search for what is positively associated with student achievement. STRAND: STEM DAY: Friday TIME: 2:30 - 3:45pm LOCATION: Bryant Suite, 2nd floor

Presenters: Yue Jia, Psychometrician; Catherine Trapani, Sr. Research Analyst

This session will start with a discussion of the 2009 report Exploring What Works in Science Instruction by Braun, Coley, Jia and Trapani. This report attempts to identify aspects of U.S. eighth-grade science classrooms that are associated with science achievement. A demonstration of the Internet-based, NAEP Data Explorer will show how to obtain the same results for these and other research questions around teacher effectiveness and educational policies using data from The Nation’s Report Card.

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