Resources for Researchers

Download and learn how to use selected statistical software packages to conduct data analysis.

Watch a module: Key Design Features of NAEP.

The Technical Documentation on the Web (TDW) section of the NAEP website is written for researchers and assumes knowledge of educational measurement and testing. The TDW contains information about the technical procedures and methods of NAEP: how the assessment is designed and conducted, and how data are analyzed. 

The site is organized into chapters, which are updated with information for each new assessment year. Chapters include information about the following:

• how assessments are designed;
• how schools and students are sampled;
• how assessment materials are produced, distributed, and delivered;
• how assessments are administered;
• how student and school data are collected; and
• how assessment responses from sampled groups of students are statistically weighted. 
  

Explore this centralized resource to access working papers, documentation, reports, journals, and articles that examine NAEP analytic methods, survey design, survey procedures, and data quality issues.

Training and conferences are held throughout the year to learn more about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), its database, analysis methods, item development, administration, data quality, and more. Training includes workshops, PhD internships, postdoctoral appointments, and cooperative agreements. NAEP staff and other researchers present papers on issues related to large-scale assessments, as well as training on aspects of NAEP.