Information for Selected Schools

If your school is participating in NAEP, the following sections will provide helpful information.

• Does Your School Participate in NAEP? 
• School Selection and Participation 
• NAEP in Your School
• About NAEP Assessments 
• How Participating Schools Can Contact NAEP   ​

Does Your School Participate in NAEP?

These short videos, designed for school staff and students, feature real students sharing their thoughts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and how teachers and students can prepare to participate and excel in the program.

    
Introducing NAEP to Teachers              Introducing NAEP to Students

school_selectionSchool Selection and Participation

The accurate and representative results produced by the NAEP assessments depend upon the enthusiastic participation of selected districts, schools, and classrooms.

• Learn how your school's participation in NAEP informs national and state education policies and practices.
• privatePrivate schools play a crucial role in national results; discover how important private schools are, and see results alongside those of public schools.
• Find out how schools and students are selected for the assessment.
• To get an idea of the impact that your school's participation will have, explore recent NAEP reports.

naep_in_your_schoolNAEP 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. On January 27 through March 7, 2014, NAEP will conduct national assessments in civics, geography, U.S. history, and technology and engineering literacy (TEL) at grade 8. Students who are selected will participate in only one subject. Results will be available at the national level only.

In 2014, the TEL assessment will be operational for the first time. TEL will be conducted at grade 8 on computers provided by NAEP representatives. TEL measures students' capacity to use, understand, and evaluate technology, as well as to understand technological principles and strategies needed to develop solutions and achieve goals. The results will be released at the national level. See more information and resources for the TEL assessment, including an overview video, tutorial, and framework.

NAEP will also administer national science pilots at grades 4, 8, and 12 in three formats: the traditional paper-and-pencil assessment, hands-on tasks (HOTs), and interactive computer tasks (ICTs). The paper-and-pencil assessment and HOTs will be administered between January 27 and March 7, 2014; the ICTs will be administered between March 17 and April 18, 2014. Students will take the science pilot in only one format. Results from the pilots will not be released; however, information collected from the pilots is used to prepare for future NAEP assessments.

HOTs provide students an opportunity to demonstrate how well they are able to plan and conduct scientific investigations, reason through complex problems, and apply their knowledge in real-world contexts. ICTs ask students to solve problems in a computer-based environment, often by stimulating a natural or laboratory setting. See the complete library of released science HOTs and ICTs.

Use the following resources to find out more about NAEP:

• Private school information including quick access to results.
• View fact sheets developed to address questions about NAEP 2014 for Districts (197 KB) and for Principals (233 KB). 
• Understand the importance of the teacher's role ​ ​​(1.2 MB)​ in NAEP assessments.​
• An Introduction to NAEP  (1.6 MB) 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  (255 KB), which is also available in Spanish: Visión General de NAEP  (247 KB).
• What Every Parent Should Know About NAEP  (880 KB) provides an informative overview of the assessment for parents and their children.
• Learn how the NAEP administration process ensures that the assessment will not overburden participating teachers or schools.
• If your school is participating in PISA, take a look at the schedule for NAEP and other NCES assessment activities.

about_assessmentsAbout 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 for upcoming and recent NAEP activities.

how_contactHow 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: 

• Consult your personalized MySchool website on MyNAEP.
• Contact the NAEP Help Desk by e-mail.
• Call 800-283-6237 (800-283-NAEP) Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.

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