What is NAEP?
“The Nation’s Report Card,” as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is often called, is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various academic subjects. Since 1969, assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, and other subjects. NAEP is an important part of our nation’s evaluation of the condition and progress of education, because it makes available objective information on student performance. NAEP is a congressionally mandated project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The idea of an indicator of student achievement at the national level first emerged in 1963 when the Commissioner of Education decided to collect information on the state of the nation’s schools. By 1969, NAEP was designed as a voluntary, cooperative program to answer questions such as: Are students learning more today than they did in the past? Is greater progress bei
NAEP, or the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is often called the “Nation’s Report Card.” It is the only measure of student achievement in the United States where you can compare the performance of students in your state with the performance of students across the nation or in other states. NAEP, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, has been conducted for over 30 years. The results are widely reported by the national and local media.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subjects. NAEP assesses representative samples of students in grades 4, 8, and 12.
Related Questions
- What process should the professional staff member use to decide if a student is to be included, accommodated, or excluded from NAEP?
- What is the rationale behind attaching Title I funding to SEA and LEA participation in NAEP?
- Is participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) voluntary?
