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| **Title:**                | Students Selecting Stories:  The Effects of Choice in Reading Assessment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| **Description:**          | This report is comprised of three chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of the NAEP Reader Study.  The first chapter presents findings related to the primary question of the study: Was student performance better when choice of stories was offered than when students were randomly assigned a story?  The second chapter describes patterns of choices displayed by students who were allowed to select a story.  The third chapter examines how student performance on the generically worded questions varied in relation to different stories and presents sample student responses.  The report concludes with a discussion of study results and issues related to study design and interpretations. |
| **Online Availability:**  | - Browse the Introduction of the report.   
- Download, view, and print the report in a pdf file.      (679KB)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Cover Date:**           | June 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Web Release:**          | August 8, 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Print Release:**        | August 8, 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Publication #:**        | NCES 97491General Ordering Information                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Center/Program:**       | NCES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Authors:**              | Jay R. Campbell and Patricia L. Donahue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Type of Product:**      | Statistical Analysis Report                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Survey/Program Areas:** | National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Keywords:**             | Achievement (Student)• readingNAEPReadingStudents                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Questions:**            | For questions about the content of this **Statistical Analysis Report**, please contact the Webmaster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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