APPLIED MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION, 22: 309–316, 2009 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0895-7347 print / 1532-4818 online DOI: 10.1080/08957340903221436 HAME 0895-7347 1532-4818 Applied Measurement in Education, Vol. 22, No. 4, Aug 2009: pp. 0–0 Applied Measurement in Education Prologue: An Introduction to the Evaluation of NAEP An Introduction to the Evaluation of NAEP Lane et al. Suzanne Lane University of Pittsburgh Bruno D. Zumbo University of British Columbia Jamal Abedi University of California at Davis Jeri Benson University of Florida John Dossey Illinois State University, Emeritus Stephen N. Elliott Vanderbilt University Michael Kane National Conference of Bar Examiners Robert Linn University of Colorado at Boulder, Emeritus Cindy Paredes-Ziker Glendale, AZ Public Schools The authors are members of the NAEP Evaluation Technical Working Group (TWG). The authors are listed alphabetically with the TWG co-chairs, Suzanne Lane and Bruno Zumbo, listed first. Correspondence should be addressed to Suzanne Lane, 5916 WWPH, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. E-mail: sl@pitt.edu