To look at this at the community level, we developed a method that allows us to estimate district level
NAEP proficiencies.
Under a contract valued at $500 million,
NAEP will supply reclamation, overburden removal and light and heavy civil construction services to Suncor's oil sands mine operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
In another study of
NAEP reading and math results, the Center on Education Policy analyzed whether trends in
NAEP contradict or confirm trends in state test scores.
Not all students participate in the
NAEP. Results are based on a sample of students from every state.
The
NAEP is a "no-stakes" test and provides a national snapshot of overall academic performance across states, whereas state tests are "high-stakes" tests that are linked to academic and financial sanctions under NCLB.
The report examines the minimum score a student would need on a state reading and math test to be deemed proficient or at grade level and then determines what the equivalent score would be for that level of competency on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (
NAEP) test.
In light of these pressures, there is a natural tendency for policy makers, the press, and the public to use the National Assessment of Educational Progress (
NAEP) for comparisons and guidance.
NCLB does, however, require state participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (
NAEP) by any state wishing to receive Title I funding (NAER 2005a).
Two months after the report's issuance, Education provided us with new information regarding how the
NAEP data concerning the exclusion of students with disabilities should be interpreted.
Despite sharply rising test scores on both the
NAEP Math and most state math tests, the Brown Center's analysis of the difficulty of the math items at 4th and 8th grade demonstrates that the
NAEP test fails to assess essential arithmetic skills that are required for success in algebra and higher mathematics.
"Long-Term Trend
NAEP assessments show no statistical change in scores between 1994 and 1999 for science, reading, or math," says an analysis by the Heritage Foundation.
The federal government first used the National Assessment of Educational Progress (
NAEP) to measure academic achievement of a representative sample of America's fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth- graders over 30 years ago.