Research and Reports

NAEP

Published: 1/31/2023 1:40 PM

​​​The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is also known as "the Nation's Report Card".  NAEP has been conducting assessments since 1969 and is the only national assessment of what "America's students know and can do" in various subject areas. NAEP assessments are given at the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades.​

​NAEP assessments follow the subject area frameworks developed by the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) and use the latest advances in assessment methodology. NAEP assessments include multiple-choice and constructed-response questions. NAEP does not report scores for individual students or schools. NAEP bases its results on a sample of students and provides data at the state and national level. NAEP is administered between late January and early March of each year. Through the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 states and districts receiving Title 1 funds are required to participate in state NAEP in reading and mathematics at grades 4 and 8 every two years. State participation in other state NAEP subjects (science and writing) remains voluntary.

 

NAEP Tools and Applications

The NAEP website features a number of applications designed to give users quick and easy access to questions from previous assessments, performance comparisons, and NAEP assessment data for quick or complex analyses.

 

NAEP Online Tools PowerPoint

Explore the following NAEP Reporting Tools:

  • NAEP Data Explorer
  • NAEP Questions Tool
  • NAEP State Comparisons
  • State & District Profiles
  • NAEP Item Maps

 

NAEP Questions Tool

The NAEP Questions Tool  (NQT) can be used to supplement classroom instruction, provide additional insight into the content of the assessment, and show what students nationally or in your state know and can do.

Reports

2022 Reports

NAEP Kentucky Overview and Trends​

Snapshot Looks at

Links

Report on NAEP Mathematics and Reading Scores (The Nation's Report Card)

The National Assessment Governing Board was created by Congress in 1988 as an independent, nonpartisan board to set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card.

Kentucky Profile Performance on NAEP

Kentucky Teacher ​NAEP 2022 Press Release


For further detail, a copy of the 2022 NAEP PowerPoint Presentation can be provided. Please contact Mark DeCandia

Mark DeCandia
Office of Assessment and Accountability
Division of Accountability Data and Analysis
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-9853 Ext. 4724
Fax (502) 564-7749
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