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Assessments
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—a congressionally mandated large-scale asssessment administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)—consists of assessments and digital assessments in various subject areas. The Nation's Report Card offers results for
- mathematics, reading, science, writing, technology and engineering literacy, arts, civics, geography, economics, and U.S. history;
- grades 4, 8, and 12;
- jurisdictions (states and selected districts); and
- student performance in the context of gender, race/ethnicity, public or private school, teacher experience, and hundreds of other factors.
Assessment Areas and Results
NCES administers NAEP assessments in a variety of subjects in public and nonpublic (private) schools across the nation. Four of these subjects – mathematics, reading, science, and writing–are assessed most frequently and reported at the state and district level, usually for grades 4 and 8.
Assessment Frameworks
Each NAEP assessment is based on an organizing framework, similar to a blueprint, that is developed by education and assessment experts. Frameworks provide information about the content to be assessed in each subject and what knowledge and skills are appropriate for students being assessed in those subjects. The frameworks also offer insights about how to measure skills and student achievement in innovative ways.
Learn MoreIntended Meaning of NAEP
NAEP results describe educational achievement for groups of students at a single point in time, progress in K-12 education for groups of students over time, and differential educational achievement and progress among jurisdictions and subpopulations. Consult this useful statement to learn more about the intended meaning of NAEP results.
Learn MoreLast updated 03 February 2021 (AA)