NAEP
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally continuing evaluation of the condition of education in the United States.
NAEP has served as a national yardstick of student achievement since 1969.
Through The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP informs the public what American students know in various subject areas and compares achievement among states, large urban districts, and various student groups.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education.
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) oversees and sets policy for NAEP.
Please take a moment to view the video: NAEP – The Nation’s Report Card
For information about NAEP…
Please feel free to contact:
- Mark A. Mauro, Arizona Director for NAEP and International Studies
- [email protected]
- 602-364-1583
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Test Information
General Information
2019 NAEP
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.
Technology Infrastructure
NAEP Assessment Technology Infrastructure
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- At no time is there any connection to the school’s Internet, networks, or computers.
- The student and supervisor applications run entirely within a local internet browser on touch-enabled devices, such as tablets, provided by NAEP.
- Students use tablets to complete the NAEP assessment in the student application while NAEP representatives use the supervisor application to monitor the assessments.
- During an assessment, the student and NAEP representative tablets will communicate with the NAEP laptop server through a NAEP wireless router.
- The wireless routers are industry standard Wi-Fi devices (802.11), and there is no interference with school equipment.
Highlights for 2017
Arizona’s 10-Year NAEP Trend Remains Strong
The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) has released fourth and eighth grade math and reading results from the 2017 administration of NAEP. As Arizona continues to tackle numerous important educational challenges, the Arizona 10-year trend (2007-2017) for NAEP scale scores remain strong.
The Arizona scale score increases in the 10-year trend (2007-2017) are as follows:
+8 in Grade 8 Reading – (only 2 states in the nation exhibited stronger growth)
+6 in Grade 8 Math – (only 1 state in the nation exhibited stronger growth)
+5 in Grade 4 Reading – (only 2 states in the nation exhibited stronger growth)
+2 in Grade 4 Math – (as compared to the nation which exhibited 0 growth)
Mathematics
2017 Arizona Grade 8 Math
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- Arizona students had an average scale score that equaled the national average scale score (282).
- Arizona Asian students had an average scale score of 316; this was a +11 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona Asian students in 2015 (305).
- Arizona African-American students had an average scale score of 272; this was a +3 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona African-American students in 2015 (269).
- Arizona American Indian/Alaskan Native students had an average scale score of 263; this was a +3 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona American Indian/Alaskan Native students in 2015 (260).
2017 Arizona Grade 4 Math
- Arizona students had an average scale of 234; this was a -4 scale-point decrease from that of Arizona students in 2015 (238).
- Arizona American Indian/Alaskan Native students had an average scale score of 223; this was a +3 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona American Indian/Alaskan Native students in 2015 (220).
Reading
2017 Arizona Grade 8 Reading
- Arizona students maintained the same average scale score in 2017 that they received in 2015 (263).
- Arizona students with a disability (SD) had an average scale score of 233; this was +7 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona SD students in 2015 (226).
- Arizona African-American students had an average scale score of 254; this was a +5 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona African-American students in 2015 (249).
- Arizona American Indian/Alaskan Native students had an average scale score of 254; this was a +10 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona American Indian/Alaskan Native students in 2015 (244).
2017 Arizona Grade 4 Reading
- Arizona students maintained the same average scale score in 2017 that they received in 2015 (263).
- Arizona SD students had an average scale score of 183; this was +6 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona SD students in 2015 (177).
- Arizona English Learner (EL) students had an average scale score of 171; this was a +6 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona EL students in 2015 (165).
- Arizona white students had an average scale score of 232; this was a +3 scale-point improvement from that of Arizona white students in 2015 (229).
Arizona Results 2017
