NAEP READING FOR 2009 Michael L. Kamil Stanford University

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR What is Adolescent Literacy? Adolescent literacy is the set of skills and abilities required by students in grades 4 through 12 to read, write, and think about the text materials they encounter.

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR Why Grades ? NCLB emphasis on 1-3 4th grade slump Definitions of middle and high school Reviews include grades

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR RAND Reading Study Group Reading comprehension: The process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language. Three elements: the reader, the text, and the activity or purpose for reading.

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) Reading literacy is understanding, using, and reflecting on written texts, in order to achieve one’s goals, to develop one’s knowledge and potential, and to participate in society.

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR PIRLS ( Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) [Reading is ] the ability to understand and use those written language forms required by society and/or valued by the individual. Young readers can construct meaning from a variety of texts. They read to learn, to participate in communities of readers, and for enjoyment.

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR NAEP 2009 Framework Reading is an active and complex process that involves understanding written text developing and interpreting meaning using meaning as appropriate to type of text, purpose, and situation

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR What’s New Vocabulary assessment Contextualized Meaning vocabulary Application of understanding of word meanings to passage comprehension Consistency with NCLB

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR What’s New (cont’d) Differentiated texts Story Literary Literary nonfiction (such as narrative essays, speeches, and autobiographies or biographies) Poetry Information Exposition Argumentation and persuasive text Document and procedural materials

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR GRADELITERARYINFORMATION 450% 845%55% 1230%70% Distribution of Text Types

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR Reading Stances (Old NAEP) Initial Understanding Developing Interpretation Personal Response Critical Sense

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR What’s Different Cognitive Targets Locate/Recall Integrate/Interpret Critique/Evaluate

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR LOCATE/RECALL (All) Identify textually explicit information and make simple inferences within and across texts, such as: Definitions Facts Supporting details

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR LOCATE/RECALL (Literary) Identify textually explicit information within and across texts, such as: Character traits Sequence of events or actions Setting Identify figurative language

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR LOCATE/RECALL (Information) Identify textually explicit information within and across texts, such as: Topic sentence or main idea Author’s purpose Causal relations Locate specific information in text or graphics

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR INTEGRATE/INTERPRET Make complex inferences within and across texts to: Describe problem and solution, cause and effect Compare or connect ideas, problems, or situations s Determine unstated assumptions in an argument Analyze how an author uses literary devices and text features

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR CRITIQUE/EVALUATE Consider text(s) critically to: Judge author’s craft and technique Evaluate the author’s perspective or point of view within or across texts Take different perspectives in relation to a text

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR What’s Different (cont’d) Reflect texts students encounter

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR What’s Missing Multimedia/electronic texts Fluency

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR Special Studies (proposed) Second Language Learners Computer administration

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Alliance for Excellent Education: National Assessment Governing Board:

July 19-20, 2005 Strategies for Student Success Institute, Portland, OR THE END