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Highlights from NAEP 2009 Mathematics Results . . .
Grade 4 Arizona students showed a significant increase since 2000 in average scale scores, Basic and Proficient achievement levels!
Grade 8 Arizona students showed a significant increase since 2003 in average scale scores, Basic and Proficient achievement levels! |
NAEP Overview
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Since 1969, assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and the arts.
Under the current structure, the Commissioner of Education Statistics, who heads the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education, is responsible by law for carrying out the NAEP project. The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), appointed by the Secretary of Education but independent of the Department, sets policy for NAEP and is responsible for developing the framework and test specifications that serve as the blueprint for the assessments. NAGB is a bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. Congress created the 26-member Governing Board in 1988.
NAEP provides results regarding subject-matter achievement, instructional experiences, and school environment for populations of students (e.g., fourth-graders) and groups within those populations (e.g., female students, Hispanic students). NAEP results are based on a sample of student populations of interest.
Why Is NAEP Important?
Established by Congress in 1969, NAEP was created to provide a common national yardstick for accurately evaluating the performance of American students.
NAEP is:
- A national assessment that allows educational achievement to be compared across states;
- An assessment that identifies the percentages of students in the nation who meet standards for Advance, Proficient, or Basic performance in a variety of subjects;
- A yardstick that state educators, legislators, and governors can use to gauge the effectiveness of state educational policies;
- A measurement tool that members of Congress and the President can use to review student progress during the past 35 years; and
- A source of information that allows parents to assess the academic performance of students in their state and the nation as a whole.
By participating in NAEP, students are doing their part to help improve education in our country, our state, and our schools!
"NAEP Assessment & Tribute to Teachers"
Grades 4 and 8 Teachers
http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/videos/naep4th8th.asp
Grade 12 Teachers
http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/videos/naep12th.asp
Student Motivational Video
(Windows Media Player)
Information for Participants:
- Information for Selected Schools
- Information for Parents
- NAEP Sample Questions
- The NAEP Questions Tool provides easy access to NAEP questions, student responses, and scoring guides that are released to the public. Both national and state data, where appropriate, are presented.
- The purpose of the tool is to provide teachers, researchers, and educators greater access to NAEP assessment exercises.
- Information for Teachers
Contact Information
602-542-5031
Arizona Director of NAEP Program: Carrie L. Giovannone
Carrie.Giovannone@azed.gov
Accountability Division | Assessment Section | Research & Evaluation Section
