NAEP Technical DocumentationObtaining Lists of Eligible Students

2019 Student List Submission Statistics 2010-2018 Student List Submission Statistics 2002-2009 Student List Submission Statistics

Beginning in 2002, states, districts, and schools have been able to submit electronic files containing all eligible students directly to NAEP via e-filing. The decision whether to e-file student lists is determined by individual NAEP State Coordinators for their state's public schools, and by school administrators for nonpublic schools. States choosing to submit student lists at the state-level often do so to reduce burden on districts and schools, which then do not need to submit their own student lists.  Any school choosing not to e-file a student list is provided a hard-copy student listing form on which they may manually record student information for eligible students.

Prior to 2002, all schools were provided hard-copy student listing forms. During preassessment visits, field staff obtained these lists from the schools and used them to select in-field student samples.

Regardless of the method by which listings of eligible students are obtained, NAEP uses student responses to contextual variables in order to accurately select student samples and to analyze the distribution of achievement measures by student characteristics. This information includes each student's sex, race/ethnicity, status as a student with disabilities, status as an English learner, and participation in the National School Lunch Program. NAEP collected information about each student's participation in targeted or schoolwide Title I programs through the 2005 assessment year. NAEP protects the confidentiality of student data throughout the sampling and assessment processes, and results are never reported for individual students or schools.

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