Information for Selected Schools
If your school is participating in NAEP, the following sections will provide helpful information.
Most Requested Resources
These quick links are selected from the sections below because of their frequency of use. Many other resources for schools participating in NAEP are available in the sections below. Note that on this page, the PDF documents have their sizes listed in parentheses.
School Selection and Participation
The accurate and representative results produced by the NAEP assessments depend upon the enthusiastic participation of selected districts, schools, and classrooms.
NAEP in Your School
NAEP works to ensure that participating in the assessment causes as little disruption as possible for teachers and students. NAEP provides a comprehensive administration system and a full complement of informational material about the assessment and its goals. During the 2011-2012 school year, NAEP will the conduct the long-term trend assessment in three periods beginning in October for 13-year-old students, in January for nine-year-olds, and March for 17-year-olds. NAEP economics will be assessed at grade 12 from January to March, and at grade 4, there will be a pilot of the writing computer-based assessment (310K).
- Learn more about the new computer-based writing assessment and view the tutorials about the tool that will be available to students.
- View fact sheets developed to address questions about NAEP 2011-2012 for educators at all levels.
- Understand the importance of the teacher's role (2156K) in NAEP assessments.
- Watch 5-minute videos that offer helpful information about NAEP and its importance for educators and the nation for teachers of
- Students do not need any special preparation for NAEP, other than understanding the importance of their participation. Please share with your class this 5-minute video for students
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- An Introduction to NAEP (1555K) provides a thorough introduction to the NAEP program and explains what participation in the NAEP assessment will mean for you and your students. For a quicker view, see the brochure An Overview of NAEP (255K) that is available also in Spanish: Visión General de NAEP (247K).
- Learn how the NAEP administration process ensures that the assessment will not overburden participating teachers or schools.
About NAEP Assessments
The booklets below illustrate how context is provided for the assessment data.
- Sample Questions Booklets will familiarize students and their parents with the assessment structure, types of subject-area questions asked, and questions about students education-related experiences. They are provided to all participating schools and parents can see what types of questions NAEP asks in the section for parents (also for Spanish-speaking parents) on this website.
- To learn more about the information NAEP is required to collect for the purposes of federal educational research, take a look at the questionnaires for principals, teachers, and students.
Learn more about NAEP in general and find links to important features of the NAEP websites on the NAEP Overview page, and check the status of upcoming and recent NAEP activities.
How Participating Schools Contact NAEP
You can find answers to any additional questions you may have about scheduling, materials, or any other aspects of the assessment in several ways:
Last updated 28 September 2011 (NB)
