The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) maintains the schedule for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments and release of assessment results to the nation, states, and districts.
All assessments take place between January and March, except for long-term trend (LTT) assessments. LTT assessments take place from October to May when administered. There are no assessments scheduled at this time for 2022 and 2026.
2019 Assessment Calendar
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2027
- 2028
- 2029
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| Reading |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
| Reading |
4, 8 |
States and TUDA districts |
| Mathematics |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
| Mathematics |
4, 8 |
States and TUDA districts |
| Science |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
| Transcript Studies |
N/A |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| 2Long-term Trend (LTT) assessment in 2020 is not administered by computer. All other assessments will be digitally based. |
| 3LTT assessments sample students at ages 9, 13, and 17 and are conducted in reading and mathematics. |
| Long-term Trend2 |
Ages 9, 13, 173 |
National |
NAEP 2021 student data collection has been postponed until 2022. Please see 2021 NAEP: COVID-19 Planning and Resources for further updates.
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| Reading |
4, 8 |
National, states, and TUDA districts |
| Mathematics |
4, 8 |
National, states, and TUDA Districts |
| Civics |
8 |
National |
| U.S. History |
8 |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| Reading |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
| Reading |
4, 8 |
States and TUDA districts |
| Mathematics |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
| Mathematics |
4, 8 |
States and TUDA districts |
| Science |
8 |
National |
| Technology and Engineering Literacy |
8 |
National |
| Transcript Studies |
N/A |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| 2LTT assessments sample students at ages 9, 13, and 17 and are conducted in reading and mathematics. |
| Long-term Trend |
Ages 9, 13, 172 |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| 2Indicates the assessment year in which a new or updated framework is implemented, if needed. |
| Reading2 |
4, 8 |
National, states, TUDA districts |
| Mathematics2 |
4, 8 |
National, states, TUDA districts |
| Civics |
8 |
National |
| U.S. History |
8 |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| 2Indicates the assessment year in which a new or updated framework is implemented, if needed. |
| Reading |
4, 8, 12 |
National and states |
| Reading |
4, 8 |
TUDA districts |
| Mathematics |
4, 8, 12 |
National and states |
| Mathematics |
4, 8 |
TUDA districts |
| Science2 |
4, 8 |
National, states, and TUDA districts |
| Technology and Engineering Literacy |
8 |
National, states |
| Transcript Studies |
N/A |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| 2LTT assessments sample students at ages 9, 13, and 17 and are conducted in reading and mathematics. |
| Long-term Trend |
Ages 9, 13, 172 |
National |
| Subject or Study |
Grade |
Results1 |
| 1Results, depending on assessment, are released to the nation, states, and/or selected Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts |
| 2Indicates the assessment year in which a new or updated framework is implemented, if needed. |
| Reading |
4, 8 |
National, states, and TUDA districts |
| Mathematics |
4, 8 |
National, states, and TUDA districts |
| Writing2 |
4, 8, 12 |
National and states |
| Writing2 |
4, 8 |
TUDA districts |
| Civics2 |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
| Civics2 |
8 |
States |
| U.S. History2 |
4, 8, 12 |
National |
