NAEP - Long-Term Trend

The 2008 NAEP long-term trend assessment is currently being administered to students throughout the nation. Results will be released in 2009.

In 2004, NAEP administered the latest long-term trend assessment to approximately 75,000 students at ages 9, 13, and 17 in public and nonpublic schools throughout the nation.

New Results

View the results of the 2004 long-term trend assessment.

Learn about the differences between the long-term trend assessment and the main NAEP assessment.

Image of the 2004 Long-Term Trend report cover

Exploring NAEP Long-Term Trend

	Read the results from the 1999 long-term trend assessment in NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress: Three Decades of Student Performance.
	Read the NAEP 1999 Long-Term Trend Technical Analysis Report: Three Decades of Student Performance.
	Explore the 1999 NAEP long-term trend assessment in science.
	Take a look at the NAEP schedule of assessments.

How the NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment Works

	Learn what the long-term trend assessment measures in reading and mathematics.
	Learn how the long-term trend assessment was developed.
	Learn who took the assessment and how it was administered.
	Explore sample questions from the assessments, and see how they were scored.
	Find out what students know and can do by reading about the NAEP long-term trend scales.
	Find out what students should know and be able to do by viewing NAEP long-term trend performance levels.

Using NAEP Data

Explore long-term trend data in the NAEP Data Explorer.

Last updated 10 October 2007 (JM)