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| **Title:**                | The NAEP Guide                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| **Description:**          | The NAEP Guide is a description of the Contents and Methods of the 1999 and 2000 Assessments.  The Goal of the Guide is provide readers with an overview of the project and to help them better understand the philosophical approach, procedures, analyses, and psychometric underpinnings of NAEP. |
| **Online Availability:**  | - Download, view and print the report as a pdf file.      (671KB)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Cover Date:**           | January 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Web Release:**          | February 3, 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Print Release:**        | January 24, 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Publication #:**        | NCES 2000456General Ordering Information                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Center/Program:**       | NCES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Authors:**              | NCES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Type of Product:**      | Brochure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Survey/Program Areas:** | National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Keywords:**             | Achievement (Student)NAEP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Questions:**            | For questions about the content of this **Brochure**, please contact:Grady Wilburn.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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