The 2012 NAEP economics assessment will be administered to students in grade 12 from January to March 2012. Results will be available in 2013.

2006 Economics Results

Explore the results of the 2006 economics assessment.

Download a copy of the 2006 Economics Report Card.

Exploring NAEP

• Look at the list of current activities for NAEP.
• View the NAEP schedule of assessments.

How the NAEP Economics Assessment Works

• Learn what the assessment measures and how it was developed.
• Learn who took the assessment and how it is administered.
• Explore sample questions from the assessment and see how they were scored.
• Find out what students know and can do by looking at the NAEP economics scale. Gain a greater understanding of the economics scale by exploring the 2006 economics item map.
• Find out what students should know and be able to do by viewing the NAEP economics achievement levels.
• Find out how to interpret the results of the economics assessment.

Using NAEP Data

• Explore a wealth of NAEP data in the NAEP Data Explorer.
• Economics 2006 restricted-use data for grade 12 are available for licensed researchers; other NAEP microdata are also available.