R&D Hub

Research First Look: Passage Text Difficulty in the Hive of Language Models

Published On Friday, August 23, 2024

The NAEP R&D Hub is often able to give readers in the NAEP research community a sneak peek at upcoming research from experts in the field. This week, we’re happy to share some research work from NAEP researchers Ruhan Circi and Bhashithe Abeysinghe on passage text difficulty and language models, soon to become a white paper on the topic, “A Voice from Past: Passage Text Difficulty in the Hive of Language Models.” Check out the full text of the preview below and remember to subscribe to stay connected with other exciting research and opportunities to get involved!

EdSurvey 4.0.7 Released With New Assessment Support and Rounding Features

Published On Friday, August 9, 2024

EdSurvey 4.0.7 was recently released and is now available on CRAN-R. This update enables EdSurvey to support the analysis of main NAEP data up to 2022, NAEP long-term trend data up to 2023, the 2022 Monthly School Survey (MSS) Linking Study, and the 2021 School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study. In addition, the package now supports two international large-scale assessments: PISA 2022 and ICILS 2023. A new rounding feature has also been introduced to facilitate rounding results according to NCES statistical standards or user-defined criteria. For details, users can refer to “?es_round” within package 4.0.7. For more information on minor changes and bug fixes in this update, visit the EdSurvey news page on CRAN-R.  

Spotlighting Current NAEP Doctoral Interns: Adalin Ni, Maggie Perkoff, and Winnie Wilberforce

Published On Friday, July 26, 2024

The 2024 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program is now in its final weeks, so interns are hard at work applying all the technical skills and knowledge they’ve gained since the beginning of June to their collaborative projects. Get some insight on the program before it ends by checking out our interview with the remaining three 2024 cohort interns: Adalin Ni, Maggie Perkoff, and Winnie Wilberforce.

Spotlighting Current NAEP Doctoral Interns: Paulina Grekov and Dekyi Suolang

Published On Friday, July 12, 2024

With the 2024 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program well underway, our interns are now developing their technical skills and knowledge in the field of large-scale assessment by working collaboratively with NAEP experts on client-based projects. Recently, two more interns, Paulina Grekov and Dekyi Suolang, participated in our ongoing interviews to introduce the newest cohort to the NAEP R&D community.

Spotlighting Current NAEP Doctoral Interns: Naomi Duran and Saugat Pandey

Published On Friday, June 28, 2024

Summer is in full swing, and so is the 2024 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship! Our new interns are busy analyzing NAEP data alongside researchers from the National Center for Education Statistics and the American Institutes for Research. Naomi Duran and Saugat Pandey, two members of this newest intern cohort, have taken the time to answer a few questions and introduce themselves to the NAEP R&D community.

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Apply Now: Summer 2025 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program

01-09-2025

Gain hands-on experience in educational research and analysis with the NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program. Apply now here—the application deadline is February 1, 2025!

EdSurvey 4.0.7 Released!

08-09-2024

Check out news about the latest release from the EdSurvey team here. And remember you can always access their e-book here.  

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