Welcome to the California Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Web site. Also known as the Nation's Report Card, NAEP is the largest nationally representative assessment designed to evaluate what America's students know and can do in a variety of subjects at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
NAEP 2011
Participating schools and districts should log on to the MyNAEP Web site (Outside Source) for more information.
Districts with Schools Selected for NAEP 2011
NAEP 2011 Information
Packet for School Districts and Schools (PDF; 497KB; 17pp.)
Includes questions and answers about NAEP, NAEP-at-a-Glance,
and responsibility checklists for NAEP School Coordinators and NAEP District Coordinators.
Program Resources
State
Evaluating State-Level Scores from NAEP and the CSTs: Why Both Sets of Results Should Be Considered But Not Compared | PDF (50KB; 2pp.)
Questions and Answers About Using the California Standards Tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress to Monitor Student Achievement | PDF (50KB; 2pp.)
Federal
An Introduction to NAEP (Outside Source)
An Overview of Procedures for the NAEP Assessment (Outside Source)
NAEP Questions Tool (Outside Source)
United States Department of Education NAEP Home Page (Outside Source)
The National Assessment Governing Board (Outside Source)
NAEP Results
California Reports
Reports of the latest state and district (TUDA) NAEP results.
NAEP Data Explorer (Outside Source)
Create tables, charts, and maps of national, state, and TUDA-level results.
CalEdFacts NAEP Section
California Department of Education's information and media guide about education
in the State of California. For information on other topics, visit the
full CalEdFacts.
