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From page 48... ... Since states could no longer opt out, there was also no longer a need for a separate national sample in reading and mathematics at grades 4 and 8. CHALLENGES AND FLEXIBILITY WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WITH COMPUTER-BASED DELIVERY The planned return to local administration in a computer-based era will require local staff to address a set of issues that were absent during the trial state assessment in the 1990s. Read the entire page →
From page 49... ... . At this time, familiarity with the computer technology and its use in assessment continues to advance, particularly with the now-widespread use of computer-based administration for state assessments. Read the entire page →
From page 50... ... In cases where the local administration model will be difficult to implement, it will have to be tailored to the local 10 See Chapter 2. 11 Given the complications of small devices, the requirement would likely exclude notepads and smartphones. Read the entire page →
From page 51... ... The additional activities that school staff will need to carry out may also suggest a role for some stipend or other financial support for local administration of NAEP, particularly for schools that are not yet routinely administering their state assessments digitally. Such financial support would help avoid the impression that a shift to local administration is an exercise in cost-shifting from the NAEP program to local schools. Read the entire page →
From page 52... ... RETHINKING STANDARDIZATION WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATION NAEP has traditionally taken a strong view regarding standardization by providing both the test materials and proctors to each testing site, and, currently, also the software, computers, and network equipment for administering the assessments digitally. In addition to the expense involved, high levels of standardization may actually have adverse consequences regarding NAEP's generalizability and utility in the presence of ubiquitous and ongoing technological changes in teaching, learning, and assessment. Read the entire page →
From page 53... ... There will inevitability still be substantial variability across classes of equipment, operation systems, and network configurations that meet NAEP's minimum requirements for local test administration. This variability reflects both the practical reality of using local devices and the necessary customization to allow students to use devices that are familiar to them. Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... The estimated development costs also support the cost of a bridge study in 2024 to look at the transition between NAEP-provided touch screen Surface Pros and NAEP-provided non–touch screen Chromebooks.15 Initially, NCES expected the new model to save $52 million from 2026 through 2030 for the mandated assessments in reading and mathematics in grades 4 and 8, though that projection has evolved as the development work continues.16 In the latest estimates, as this report was being prepared, NCES projects that the proportion of schools using local administration will grow from 40 percent in 2026 to 67 percent in 2028 and to 80 percent in 2030.17 This growth in the projected proportion of schools using local administration is accompanied by a reduction of per-school administration costs of roughly 20 percent in 2026, 32.5 percent in 2028, and 37.5 percent in 2030, in comparison with the current baseline.18 The NCES estimates were based on an initial sample of 15,500 schools for the mandated assessments, which would produce an administration cost of roughly $62 million in the baseline year of 2024.19 The reductions in administration costs would imply total reductions compared to the baseline starting with $12.4 million in 2026, and then $20.2 million in 2028, and $23.3 million in 2030. These projected savings total about $56 million from local administration. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... After schools gain experience with local administration, the panel expects substantially larger savings are possible than are suggested by current NCES estimates, especially when considering increased familiarity by 2030 with computers in general and computer assessment in particular across the entire education system. In addition, the panel expects that it would be reasonable to extend the local administration model to the full set of assessments, substantially reducing the average annual administration costs of $36 million and the average annual pilot administration costs of $5.0 million. Read the entire page →

From page 48...

... Since states could no longer opt out, there was also no longer a need for a separate national sample in reading and mathematics at grades 4 and 8. CHALLENGES AND FLEXIBILITY WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WITH COMPUTER-BASED DELIVERY The planned return to local administration in a computer-based era will require local staff to address a set of issues that were absent during the trial state assessment in the 1990s.

Read the entire page →

From page 49...

... . At this time, familiarity with the computer technology and its use in assessment continues to advance, particularly with the now-widespread use of computer-based administration for state assessments.

Read the entire page →

From page 50...

... In cases where the local administration model will be difficult to implement, it will have to be tailored to the local 10 See Chapter 2. 11 Given the complications of small devices, the requirement would likely exclude notepads and smartphones.

Read the entire page →

From page 51...

... The additional activities that school staff will need to carry out may also suggest a role for some stipend or other financial support for local administration of NAEP, particularly for schools that are not yet routinely administering their state assessments digitally. Such financial support would help avoid the impression that a shift to local administration is an exercise in cost-shifting from the NAEP program to local schools.

Read the entire page →

From page 52...

... RETHINKING STANDARDIZATION WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATION NAEP has traditionally taken a strong view regarding standardization by providing both the test materials and proctors to each testing site, and, currently, also the software, computers, and network equipment for administering the assessments digitally. In addition to the expense involved, high levels of standardization may actually have adverse consequences regarding NAEP's generalizability and utility in the presence of ubiquitous and ongoing technological changes in teaching, learning, and assessment.

Read the entire page →

From page 53...

... There will inevitability still be substantial variability across classes of equipment, operation systems, and network configurations that meet NAEP's minimum requirements for local test administration. This variability reflects both the practical reality of using local devices and the necessary customization to allow students to use devices that are familiar to them.

Read the entire page →

From page 54...

... The estimated development costs also support the cost of a bridge study in 2024 to look at the transition between NAEP-provided touch screen Surface Pros and NAEP-provided non–touch screen Chromebooks.15 Initially, NCES expected the new model to save $52 million from 2026 through 2030 for the mandated assessments in reading and mathematics in grades 4 and 8, though that projection has evolved as the development work continues.16 In the latest estimates, as this report was being prepared, NCES projects that the proportion of schools using local administration will grow from 40 percent in 2026 to 67 percent in 2028 and to 80 percent in 2030.17 This growth in the projected proportion of schools using local administration is accompanied by a reduction of per-school administration costs of roughly 20 percent in 2026, 32.5 percent in 2028, and 37.5 percent in 2030, in comparison with the current baseline.18 The NCES estimates were based on an initial sample of 15,500 schools for the mandated assessments, which would produce an administration cost of roughly $62 million in the baseline year of 2024.19 The reductions in administration costs would imply total reductions compared to the baseline starting with $12.4 million in 2026, and then $20.2 million in 2028, and $23.3 million in 2030. These projected savings total about $56 million from local administration.

Read the entire page →

From page 55...

... After schools gain experience with local administration, the panel expects substantially larger savings are possible than are suggested by current NCES estimates, especially when considering increased familiarity by 2030 with computers in general and computer assessment in particular across the entire education system. In addition, the panel expects that it would be reasonable to extend the local administration model to the full set of assessments, substantially reducing the average annual administration costs of $36 million and the average annual pilot administration costs of $5.0 million.

Read the entire page →

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