The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what American students know and can do in major academic subjects, including reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, civics, geography, and the arts. This assessment provides valuable information about the condition of education in the United States.
Under No Child Left Behind, states are now required to participate in the NAEP math and reading assessments for fourth- and eighth-grade students every two years, beginning in 2002-2003. The resulting data will provide information to parents, teachers, and administrators so that they can compare the performance of children in one state with that of children in another state. The NAEP data will also be a good indicator of the rigor of standards and tests in the individual states. If there is a large discrepancy between children’s proficiency on a state’s tests and their performance on NAEP, that would suggest that the state needs to take a closer look at its standards and assessments and consider making improvements.
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