The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only ongoing, nationally representative assessment designed to evaluate what America’s students know and can do in a variety of subjects, such as reading, writing, mathematics, and science. Also known as the Nation’s Report Card, NAEP was established by Congress in 1969 and is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
California's schools have always been active participants in NAEP. Approximately 270 school districts and 860 schools in California participated in NAEP during the 2010-11 school year. NAEP 2011 included operational assessments in reading and mathematics for grades four and eight, science for grade eight, and writing for grades eight and twelve. Results will be provided at the state and national levels for reading, mathematics, and science and at the national level only for writing. Additionally, school districts that are part of the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) program will receive district-level results for grades four and eight in reading and mathematics and grade eight in science. Reading and mathematics results are expected to be released in fall 2011. Science and writing results are expected to be released in spring 2012.
Results from all of the latest state NAEP assessments are available on the CDE NAEP Web page. NAEP results for all states and the nation, as well as a schedule of all NAEP assessments, are available on the ED’s NAEP Web page (Outside Source).
For more information regarding the NAEP, please contact Jessica Valdez, State NAEP Coordinator, Assessment and Accountability Division, by phone at 916-319-0332 or by e-mail at naep@cde.ca.gov or visit the aforementioned Web pages.
