How are state tests different from NAEP?
Most state tests measure student performance on the state’s own curriculum standards, that is, on what policymakers and citizens consider important for students to know and be able to do. State tests allow comparisons of results over time within the state, and, in most cases, give individual student scores so that parents can know how their child is performing. State tests do not provide comparisons of results with other states or the nation. NAEP is the only assessment that allows comparison of results from one state with another, or with results for the rest of the nation. The NAEP program helps states answer such questions as the following: How does the performance of students in my state compare with the performance of students in other states with similar resources or students? How does my state’s performance compare with the region’s? Are my state’s gains in student performance keeping up with the pace of improvement in other states?
Most state tests measure student performance on the state’s own curriculum standards, that is, on what policymakers and citizens consider important for students to know and be able to do. State tests allow comparisons of results over time within the state, and, in most cases, give individual student scores so that parents can know how their child is performing. State tests do not provide comparisons of results with other states or the nation. NAEP is the only assessment that allows comparison of results from one state with another, or with results for the rest of the nation. The NAEP program helps states answer such questions as the following: How does the performance of students in my state compare with the performance of students in other states with similar resources or students? How does my state’s performance compare with the region’s? Are my state’s gains in student performance keeping up with the pace of improvement in other states? The term “proficiency” used in relation to per
Most state tests measure student performance on the state’s own curriculum standards, that is, on what policymakers and citizens consider important for students to know and be able to do. State tests allow comparisons of results over time within the state, and in most cases give individual student scores so that parents can know how their child is performing. State tests do not provide comparisons of results with other states or the nation. NAEP is the only assessment that allows comparison of results from one state with another, or with results for the rest of the nation. The NAEP program helps states answer such questions as the following: How does the performance of students in my state compare with the performance of students in other states with similar resources or students? How does my state’s performance compare with the region’s? Are my state’s gains in student performance keeping up with the pace of improvement in other states? The term “proficiency” used in relation to perfo
