The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card™, is an assessment program conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to inform the public of what elementary and secondary students in the United States know and can do in various subject areas, including reading, mathematics, and science.
Since 1969, NAEP has been a common measure of student achievement across the country. The NAEP program includes Long-Term Trend NAEP and Main NAEP. Long-Term Trend NAEP monitors trends and reports student performance based on nationally representative samples of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds. Main NAEP reflects current educational content and assessment methodology and measures students' performance in grades 4, 8, and 12 at the national level. Main NAEP also reports results of grades 4 and 8 reading and mathematics for participating states and selected large urban school districts.
The National Assessment Governing Board oversees and sets policy for the NAEP program. Additional information about Main NAEP is available at
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.