What is NAEP Long-Term Trend?
J. H. Kennedy, NAEP State Coordinator OVERVIEW While most NAEP assessments are periodically updated, the long-term trend assessments in reading and mathematics are designed to track changes in student performance back to 1971 for reading and 1973 for mathematics. Since this predates the state-level NAEP assessments, long-term trend results are reported only on the national level. These results allow us to see how we have progressed as a nation and provide comparisons between nations.