NAEP 2025 Appendix D 2025 Communications and Recruitment Materials
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NAEP 2025 Appendix D 2025 Communications and Recruitment Materials
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
2025 Long-Term Trend (LTT) Clearance Package
Appendix D
Long-Term Trend (LTT) 2025 Communications and Recruitment Materials
OMB# 1850-0928 v.35
June 2024
Note: Appendices that were previously approved in the LTT Clearance package, are new to this Amendment, or are revised are notated as such in the Table of Contents and document section headings.
Table of Contents
Appendix D-4: NAEP 2025 CSSO to District Superintendent (Approved v.32) 12
Appendix D-5: NAEP 2025 Facts for Districts (Approved v.32) 15
Appendix D-7: NAEP 2025 Facts for Principals (Approved v.32) 30
Appendix D-8: NAEP 2025 Save the Date (Approved v.32) 40
Appendix D-13: NAEP 2025 NAEP in Your School, LTT, Public and Private Schools (Approved v.32) 65
Appendix D-14: NAEP 2025 LTT Sample Endorsement Letters (Approved v.32) 76
Appendix D-17: NAEP 2025 LTT Inclusion Policies (Approved v.32) 94
Appendix D-18: NAEP 2025 Translation Notice (Approved v.21) 103
Appendix D-19: NAEP 2025 Private School Recruitment Video Storyboards (New) 105
Appendix D-20: NAEP 2025 LTT Age 17 Instructions for Importing a Student Excel file (New) 109
Appendix D-21: NAEP 2025 LTT Assessment Day Feedback Form (School Coordinator) (New) 116
Appendix D-22: NAEP 2025 LTT School Coordinator Assessment Day Feedback Form Email (New) 119
Appendix D-1: NAEP 2025 Initial Notification Letters from NAEP State Coordinator to School Principal, LTT (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2025 May Notification Letter From
NAEP STATE COORDINATOR TO SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: For Long-Term Trend
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Dear Principal,
Thank
you for all you do to support education in state
name.
I am writing to inform you that school
name
has been selected to represent schools across the nation by
participating in the 2024–2025 administration of the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP is the largest
nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students
in the United States know and can do in various subjects. NAEP is
administered by
the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education. For the NAEP
2024–2025 program, students will participate in mathematics
and reading long-term trend assessments. Results will be released as
The Nation’s Report Card.
Assessment Overview for Your School
Subjects: Mathematics and reading
Students to be assessed: [Nine/Thirteen/Seventeen]-year-olds
Assessment window: [October 7–December 13, 2024/January 6–March 14, 2025/March 17–May 23, 2025]
Assessment duration: About 90 minutes (including transition time, instructions, and
completion of survey questions)
Assessment administrators: NAEP representatives
Mode: Paper and pencil
What do I need to know?
[Nine/Thirteen/Seventeen]-year-old students from your school will participate in long-term trend mathematics and reading assessments.
Each student will answer questions in only one subject.
In addition to answering subject-area questions, students will complete NAEP survey questions that provide valuable information about students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn in and outside the classroom.
NAEP representatives will provide significant support to your school. They will administer the assessment and bring all necessary materials.
The long-term trend data collected can be linked to NAEP assessments conducted in the early 1970s to measure progress over time.
What are the next steps?
For now, I am writing only to notify you of the assessment. In June, I will send you an assessment date. If the date presents a conflict for your school, we will work together to identify an alternate date. Our goal is to finalize the assessment date early so you can include the assessment date on your 2024–25 school calendar. At the beginning of the school year, I will send you more detailed information and will ask you to identify a school coordinator to serve as the main point of contact, provide a student list, and submit additional information.
Additional information about NAEP can be found in the enclosed/attached Facts for Principals and at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/. If you have questions, please contact me at telephone number or via email at email address.
Our chief state school officer, name, and your district superintendent, name, support NAEP and look forward to your school’s participation. We know that we can count on you to help us reach our goal of 100 percent participation.
Sincerely,
NAEP State Coordinator
Enclosure/Attachment (or link for electronic mailing): Facts for Principals
CC: District Test Director
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-2: NAEP 2025 Assessment Details Letter National State Coordinator to Principal, LTT (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024-2025 Assessment Details Notification
NAEP
STATE COORDINATOR TO PRINCIPAL
Long-Term Trend
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Dear [principal name]:
At the end of the school year, I notified [school name] of its selection to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). I am following up to provide additional information about preparing for the upcoming assessment, which begins with designating a school coordinator.
To prepare for the assessment, please do the following:
Place the NAEP assessment date, [assessment date], on your school calendar.
Designate a NAEP school coordinator to serve as the liaison for all NAEP activities in your school.
Review the preassessment responsibilities in the enclosed school coordinator letter and give the enclosed folder/attached documents to your designated NAEP school coordinator.
To help ensure receipt of important email messages, work with school or district technology staff as necessary to add the domain <AMS URL> to the safe senders list.
{Use this bullet if following Option 1: principal registers and invites school coordinator} Log in and set up your NAEP AMS account using the link provided in the registration email from [email].
{Use this bullet if following Option 1: principal registers and invites school coordinator} Enter the school coordinator’s name and contact information in the AMS, select their role as School Coordinator, and select Send Invite.
{Use this bullet if following Option 2: NSC invites the school coordinator, principal not expected to register} Send the designated school coordinator’s name and email address to me using the email address provided below.
The school coordinator should
know how to access student information, such as birth date, demographic information, and enrollment status;
be comfortable using a computer, because all assessment preparation activities will be completed online; and
be familiar with how students participate in statewide assessments.
A NAEP representative responsible for administering the assessment will contact your NAEP school coordinator in [month] to begin collaboration on assessment planning.
Again,
I would like to express my appreciation for your assistance with
this very important assessment
of our nation’s students.
Our chief state school officer, name,
supports NAEP and encourages your students’ participation. The
presence of a school staff member as an observer during each
assessment session is appreciated. A staff member’s presence
can have a positive impact on students’ motivation and
performance.
I look forward to working with you and your school coordinator to ensure a successful NAEP administration. {Keep the following sentence if using Option 2 and inviting principals to register on an optional basis, otherwise delete} If you would like to access the NAEP Assessment Management System (AMS), please log in and set up your NAEP AMS account using the link provided in the registration email from [email]. If you have questions, please contact me at telephone number or email address.
Sincerely,
NAEP State Coordinator
Enclosures/Attachments: NAEP folder for your NAEP school coordinator, including the following:
Letter to your school coordinator
Student
List Submission Instructions
Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
CC: District Assessment Coordinator
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-3: NAEP 2025 Assessment Details Letter National State Coordinator to School Coordinator, LTT (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024-2025 Assessment Details Notification
NAEP STATE COORDINATOR TO SCHOOL COORDINATOR: For Long-Term Trend
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Dear [school coordinator name]:
Welcome to the 2024–2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). I look forward to working with you to coordinate NAEP in your school. A sample of your [nine/thirteen/seventeen]-year-old students will take mathematics and reading assessments on [assessment date]. Each student will answer questions in only one subject.
As the school coordinator, you will have several responsibilities critical to making NAEP a success. The NAEP Assessment Management System (AMS) website is designed to assist you with these responsibilities. The timeline below indicates when you will need to complete specific assessment planning tasks in the NAEP AMS.
August–September: Work with school or district technology staff as necessary to add the domain <AMS URL> to the safe senders list to help ensure receipt of important email messages. Log in and set up your NAEP AMS account using the link provided in the registration email from [email domain]. Answer the questions in the School Information section by [date].
[September, 2024 (age 13); October–November, 2024 (ages 9 and 17)]: Prepare and submit a list of all [nine/thirteen/seventeen]-year-old students electronically by [date]. Please see the enclosed instructions.
[September–October, 2024 (age 13); November–December, 2024 (age 9); February–March, 2025 (age 17)]: An assigned NAEP representative, who is responsible for administering the assessment, will contact you to introduce themselves and monitor the scheduling of an Assessment Planning Meeting. Be sure to complete all assessment preparation activities before the scheduled Assessment Planning Meeting. The NAEP representative can review with you how to complete the following NAEP planning tasks, upon request.
Review the student sample and identify any students who cannot take the assessment. Also, review demographic information and update any information that is missing or inaccurate.
Provide information about students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (EL) so assessment administrators can plan appropriate testing accommodations. You can request access for your school’s SD and EL specialists so they can assist with this task. Please note that school staff may need to assist with certain accommodations (e.g., cueing to stay on task, scribing).
Notify parents/guardians that their children were selected for the assessment. A sample parent/guardian notification letter is enclosed/attached and will be available on the NAEP AMS website for you to print on your school letterhead.
Manage the completion of a questionnaire by school administrators.
Schedule the assessment sessions and reserve space at your school. Because the NAEP team needs to transport heavy boxes of materials into the school, please select a location on the first floor, or one that is accessible by elevator.
Participate in the Assessment Planning Meeting with your assigned NAEP representative.
During this virtual meeting, school coordinators will be asked to review and confirm assessment details and information entered into the NAEP AMS.
One week before the assessment: Print student appointment cards and notify teachers in advance so they will know when to release students.
After the assessment: Destroy any hardcopy documents containing student names according to school protocol. Complete a short email survey on your experience with NAEP.
The
presence of a school staff person as an observer during each
assessment session is appreciated.
A
staff member’s presence can have a positive impact on
students’ motivation and performance.
More details about each of the school coordinator responsibilities outlined above are provided in the NAEP AMS and in the enclosed Preassessment Responsibilities Guide. Additional information about NAEP can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and effort in helping to coordinate this important assessment. If you have any questions, please contact me at telephone number or email address.
Sincerely,
NAEP State Coordinator
Enclosures/Attachments: NAEP
folder, including the following:
Preassessment
Responsibilities Guide
Student
List Submission Instructions
Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-4: NAEP 2025 CSSO to District Superintendent (Approved v.32)
NOTE: Due to the timing of this letter and efforts to provide the most current information to school superintendents, there is a mention of a 2025 Field Test that will be submitted in late Spring/early Summer 2024 to OMB under control number 1850-0803.
NAEP 2024–2025 Notification Letter From
CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICER TO DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
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Dear District Superintendent name,
Thank you for all you do to support education in state name. I am writing to notify you that number schools in your district have been selected to participate in the 2024–2025 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do in various subjects. It is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education. Selected schools represent schools across the nation, and their participation provides an accurate picture of student performance. School District will play an important role by participating, and I hope that we can count on your full support to make this a positive experience for your schools and students.
Selected schools will be notified soon and will receive their assessment dates starting in month, so principals can include the scheduled assessment on their calendars and incorporate NAEP into the planned school program. Schools may work with the NAEP State Coordinator if there is a conflict with the scheduled assessment date.
Your selected schools may have been chosen for Long-Term Trend NAEP or the NAEP 2025 Field Test. For the long-term trend assessments, NAEP representatives will bring all necessary materials; schools will only need to provide space for students to take the assessment, including desks or tables. For the field test, NAEP representatives will reach out to schools closer to assessment day regarding usage of school computers and Internet.
NAEP 2024–2025 Long-Term Trend Assessment Overview
The NAEP 2024–2025 administration will be a paper-based assessment conducted in three windows. You may have schools selected for one, or more, or all of these windows. The attached list shows the assessment window for each selected school in School District.
October 7–December 13, 2024
National long-term trend mathematics and reading assessments: Age 13
January 6–March 14, 2025
National long-term trend mathematics and reading assessments: Age 9
March 17–May 23, 2025
National long-term trend mathematics and reading assessments: Age 17
National results for Long-Term Trend assessments will be released as The Nation’s Report Card. The data collected from long-term trend assessments can be linked to NAEP assessments conducted since the early 1970s to measure progress over time.
NAEP 2025 Field Test Assessment Overview
The NAEP 2025 Field Test will assess grade 4, 8, and 12 students in mathematics and reading as part of a transition to administering NAEP using school computers and Internet, which will allow students to have a more comfortable assessment experience by using a device with which they are familiar.
If schools are selected for the NAEP 2025 Field Test, we will need the assistance of at least one district- or school-based technology coordinator and a school coordinator—it is possible for one person to serve in more than one role. If necessary, we will be in contact with the district’s assessment coordinator and technology director, and principals of selected schools, with specific details about the roles and responsibilities of each school- and district-level person who will assist with the planning.
The assessment window for the field test will be [January 27–March 7, 2025]. Results from this field test will not be released but will inform future NAEP assessments.
Next Steps
Please include the appropriate NAEP assessment windows (October 7 to December 13, 2024, for age 13; January 6 to March 14, 2025, for age 9; March 17 to May 23, 2025, for age 17; and [January 27 to March 7, 2025], for the field test) on your district test calendar. Information about NAEP can be found in the enclosures listed below and at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard. Name, our NAEP State Coordinator, will contact your staff with additional information.
Thank you for supporting this important assessment and for helping us accomplish our goal of 100 percent participation.
Sincerely,
Name of Chief State School Officer
Enclosures: List of district schools selected for NAEP
Facts for Districts
CC: State Testing Director
District Testing Director
NAEP State Coordinator
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-5: NAEP 2025 Facts for Districts (Approved v.32)
NOTE: Due to the timing of this letter and efforts to provide the most current information to school superintendents, there is a mention of a 2025 Field Test that will be submitted in late Spring/early Summer 2024 to OMB under control number 1850-0803.
NAEP 2024–2025
Facts for Districts
“NAEP is the only assessment providing half a century of performance data to measure what students know and can do. The state and national trends inform local, state, and national program and policy discussions that improve teaching and learning.”
—David Atherton, EdD, Principal, Clear Creek Middle School, Gresham, OR
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an integral measure of academic progress across the nation and over time. It is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, and U.S. history. The program also provides valuable insights into students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn in and outside of the classroom.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
How are NAEP results reported?
The results of NAEP are released as The Nation’s Report Card. Depending on the assessment, NAEP results are available for the nation, states, and select urban districts that participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). Results are also available for different student groups, based on factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, school location, and more. NAEP is not designed to collect or report results for individual students, classrooms, or schools.
Why should my district participate in NAEP?
Your district’s participation will help ensure that educators, policymakers, and elected officials have reliable data to better understand and improve student learning. Schools and students selected to participate in NAEP represent schools and students across the country. When students participate and give their best effort, NAEP results provide the most accurate and representative measure possible of student achievement and experience.
What NAEP assessments will be administered in the 2024–2025 school year?
The 2024–2025 program will include the long-term trend assessments for 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds. The table below provides further information.
Age |
Type of NAEP assessment |
Subject |
Format |
Assessment Window |
Age 13 |
Long-term trend |
Mathematics Reading |
Paper and Pencil |
October 7–December 13, 2024 |
Age 9 |
January 6–March 14, 2025 |
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Age 17 |
March 17–May 23, 2025 |
NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Students will also be asked to complete a survey questionnaire to provide a better understanding of factors that may be related to students’ learning. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics. Results will be released for the nation.
NCES will also administer the NAEP 2025 field test which will assess students at grades 4, 8, and 12 in mathematics and reading as part of a transition to administering NAEP using school computers and Internet, which will allow students to have a more authentic assessment experience by using a device with which they are familiar. The assessment window for the field test will be [January 27–March 7, 2025]. Results from this field test will not be released but will inform future NAEP assessments.
What will students in my district do?
Participating students will complete subject-area questions in mathematics or reading. Each student will be assessed in one subject only. Students will also complete a survey questionnaire.
It takes participating students approximately 90 minutes to complete the long-term trend assessment and 2 hours to complete the field test assessment. This includes transition time, directions, and completion of a survey questionnaire. A broad range of accommodations are provided for students with disabilities and English learners.
Do teachers need to prepare students for the assessment?
Teachers do not need to prepare their students to take the assessment but should encourage them to do their best.
How can school administrators and teachers use NAEP data to help our students?
The Nation’s Report Card website (nationsreportcard.gov) allows you to examine the relationships between student performance and factors such as instructional practices, school resources, and more.
Questions from previous NAEP assessments can also be used as a helpful educational resource in the classroom. Teachers can use the NAEP Questions Tool (nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nqt) to see how their students’ performance compares to peers in your state and across the nation. Released NAEP questions come with a scoring guide, sample student responses, and performance data.
Who will administer NAEP? What do schools need to provide on the day of the assessment?
NAEP representatives will administer the NAEP assessment and provide significant support to schools on assessment day.
For the long-term trend assessments, NAEP representatives will bring all necessary materials; schools will only need to provide space for students to take the assessment, including desks or tables. For the field test, NAEP representatives will reach out to schools closer to assessment day regarding usage of school computers and Internet.
How were schools in my district selected for NAEP?
Schools were selected as part of a carefully designed sampling process that ensures NAEP-selected schools and students are representative of your district, state, and the nation.
How is NAEP different from our state assessment?
NAEP serves a different role than state assessments. While states have their own unique assessments to measure student achievement against specific content standards, NAEP is designed to provide a common measure of student performance and progress across the country.
How long has NAEP been around?
NAEP was first administered in 1969 to measure student achievement nationally. In 1990, NAEP was administered at the state level for the first time. The NAEP TUDA program, which measures student achievement in some of the nation’s large urban districts, began in 2002. The program has come to be recognized as the gold standard of large-scale assessments due to its high technical quality and rigorous design and methodology.
How often is NAEP administered?
As part of main NAEP, students in grades 4 and 8 are scheduled to be assessed at the state and national levels in mathematics and reading every 2 years. Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, districts and states that receive Title I funds are required to participate in these biennial assessments. Other subjects are assessed periodically. Long-term trend assessments for 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds are also assessed periodically.
Where can I find more information?
Learn more about the NAEP program at nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard, and explore the latest NAEP results at nationsreportcard.gov.
You can also find NAEP on: <Facebook logo> <X logo> <YouTube logo> <LinkedIn logo> <Instagram logo>
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
This publication was prepared for the National Assessment of Educational Progress by Hager Sharp under contract GS-23F-0024M to the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
Appendix D-6: NAEP 2025 Facts for Teachers – Public and Private (Public Approved v.32; Private New)
NAEP 2024–2025 Facts for Teachers
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an integral measure of academic progress over time. It is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, U.S. history, and writing. The program also provides valuable insights into students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn in and outside of the classroom. Elected officials, policymakers, and educators all use NAEP results to develop ways to improve education.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
What NAEP assessments will be administered in the 2024–2025 school year?
The 2024–2025 program will include the long-term trend assessments for 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds. The table below provides further information.
Age |
Type of NAEP assessment |
Subject |
Format |
Assessment Window |
Age 13 |
Long-term trend |
Mathematics Reading |
Paper and Pencil |
October 7–December 13, 2024 |
Age 9 |
January 6–March 14, 2025 |
|||
Age 17 |
March 17–May 23, 2025 |
NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Each student will be assessed in one subject only.
Students will also be asked to complete a survey questionnaire. They may answer as many questions as they like and skip any question. NAEP survey questionnaires provide valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside of the classroom. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics.
Results
will be released for the nation. Learn more about NAEP long-term
trend assessments at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
“As a teacher, my constant focus is to help students make progress in the classroom. NAEP helps with this mission by creating a common measure of student achievement across the country.”
— Iris Garcia, Teacher, Biscayne Elementary Community School, Miami Beach, Florida
What can teachers and students expect?
It takes approximately 90 minutes to complete the long-term trend assessment. This includes transition time, directions, and completion of a survey questionnaire. A broad range of accommodations are provided for students with disabilities and English learners. Teachers do not need to prepare their students to take the assessment, but they should encourage students to do their best.
Who will administer NAEP? What do schools need to provide on the day of the assessment?
NAEP representatives will administer the NAEP assessment and provide significant support to schools on assessment day. NAEP representatives will also bring all necessary materials. Schools will only need to provide space for students to take the assessment, including desks or tables.
How are schools and students selected for NAEP?
Schools are selected as part of a carefully designed sampling process that ensures NAEP-selected schools and students are representative of all schools and students across the United States.
How is NAEP different from our state assessment?
NAEP serves a different role than state assessments. While states have their own unique assessments with different content standards, the same NAEP assessment is administered in every state, providing a common measure of student achievement.
NAEP and Teachers
How are teachers essential partners in NAEP?
Schools and students selected to participate in NAEP represent schools and students across the country. Teachers make an important contribution by encouraging their students to participate and to give their best effort; this helps ensure that NAEP results provide the most accurate measure possible of student achievement across the country. To learn more about NAEP and view FAQs for teachers, visit https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/educators/.
Why are students and principals asked to complete survey questionnaires?
In addition to subject-area questions, students participating in NAEP are asked to complete a survey questionnaire. Results from the questionnaire help put student achievement results into context, allow for meaningful comparison between student groups, and offer important insights for educators, policymakers, and researchers to better understand students’ educational experiences in the United States.
Principals or school administrators of students participating in NAEP are asked to complete a survey questionnaire that provides information about school policies and characteristics. The questionnaire will be delivered via paper and pencil. The 2024–2025 NAEP program does not include a teacher questionnaire.
To learn more about NAEP survey questionnaires and view student, teacher, and school questionnaires from previous years, visit https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/survey_questionnaires.aspx.
How can teachers use NAEP resources and data to help students?
You can use the NAEP Questions Tool (https://nces.ed. gov/nationsreportcard/nqt) to view released NAEP items and create customized assessments for your classroom. You can compare your students’ performance with their peers in your state and across the nation. Teachers, students, and parents can access information and also compare results for various demographic groups. Most released items include a scoring guide, sample student responses, and performance data.
The NAEP Data Explorer (https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore) is a powerful tool that allows you to examine the relationships between student performance and factors like instructional practices, school resources, and more.
How do the NAEP online dashboards help teachers explore NAEP results and more?
The Achievement Gaps Dashboard lets users explore achievement gaps that reveal significant differences in assessment scores between two groups of students (e.g., female and male students or Black and White students). You can also examine the latest national results in all the NAEP subjects and students’ educational experiences by school type with the new Public, Private, and Charter Schools Dashboard.
View the Achievement Gaps Dashboard at https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/dashboards/achievement_gaps.aspx.
The Public, Private, and Charter Schools Dashboard is available at https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/dashboards/schools_dashboard.aspx.
The Monthly School Survey Dashboard (https://ies.ed.gov/schoolsurvey/) offers a monthly snapshot of learning opportunities (i.e., remote only, hybrid, or full-time in-person instruction) and attendance rates at schools across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey results were collected from February through June 2021.
How long has NAEP been around?
NAEP was first administered in 1969 to measure student achievement nationally. In 1990, NAEP was administered at the state level for the first time. The NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) program, which measures student achievement in some of the nation’s large urban districts, began in 2002. The program has come to be recognized as the gold standard of large-scale assessments due to its high technical quality and rigorous design and methodology.
NAEP Results
The results of NAEP are released as The Nation’s Report Card. Depending on the assessment, NAEP results are available for the nation, states, and select urban districts that participate in TUDA. Results are also available for different student groups based on factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, school location, and more. NAEP is not designed to collect or report results for individual students, classrooms, or schools. Within a school, just some of the student population participates, and student responses are combined with those from other participating students to produce the results. Students who do participate take only a small fraction of the total number of questions within one assessed subject.
You can access data from previous assessments at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata and explore the most recent results at https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/.
As part of main NAEP, students in grades 4 and 8 are scheduled to be assessed at the national and state levels in mathematics and reading every 2 years. Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, districts and states that receive Title I funds are required to participate in these biennial assessments. Other subjects are assessed periodically. NAEP long-term trend assessments allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s and are administered periodically to 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds.
Recent NAEP Results
Following comprehensive scoring and analysis, results from the NAEP assessments are released as they become available. Results from the 2022 age 9 long-term trend assessment were released in September 2022 and are available at https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2022. Results from the 2023 age 13 long-term trend assessment were released in June 2023 and are available at https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2023. Below are highlights from these interactive reports.
2022 Long-Term Trend Assessment at Age 9
In 2022, NCES conducted a special administration of the NAEP long-term trend age 9 reading and mathematics assessments to examine student achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Average scores for nine-year-old students in 2022 declined 5 points in reading and 7 points in mathematics compared to 2020. This is the largest average score decline in reading since 1990, and the first ever score decline in mathematics.
*Significantly different (p < .05) from 2022.
2023 Long-Term Trend Assessment at Age 13
NCES administered the NAEP long-term trend age 13 reading and mathematics assessments from October to December of the 2022–23 school year. The average scores for 13-year-olds declined 4 points in reading and 9 points in mathematics compared to the previous assessment administered during the 2019–20 school year. Compared to a decade ago, the average scores declined 7 points in reading and 14 points in mathematics.
*Significantly different (p < .05) from 2022.
More About NAEP
To learn about NAEP long-term trend assessments, visit https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
To learn about other NAEP assessments, download NAEP reports, and access sample questions, visit https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard. Explore the latest NAEP results at https://nationsreportcard.gov.
Learn what NAEP means for schools that are selected to participate and get the latest NAEP news in Measure Up: NAEP News for the School Community, available online at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/schools.aspx.
To hear teachers share their thoughts about why NAEP results are important, view the video Introducing NAEP to Teachers at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/schools.aspx.
To find your NAEP State Coordinator’s contact information, visit https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states and select your state or jurisdiction from the drop-down menu.
For additional assistance, call the NAEP help desk at 800-283-6237.
“The NAEP team that arrived at our school made the assessment process painless. Everyone on the team previously worked as an educator and interacted well with all of our students.”
—Kimberly Wilborn, Guidance Counselor, Sandburg Middle School, Fairfax County Public Schools, Alexandria, Virginia
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
This publication was prepared for the National Assessment of Educational Progress by Hager Sharp under contract GS-23F-0024M to the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
NAEP 2025 FACTS FOR TEACHERS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS -TEXT ONLY REVIEW
I'm thankful for the opportunity for our school to participate in NAEP because I believe it leads to useful outcomes for individual schools, private schools specifically, and education generally in our country. I would strongly encourage all private schools to participate, if selected.
— Dr. James A. Thomas, President of Columbia Academy, Columbia, TN
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what students in public and private schools know and can do in various subjects. First administered in 1969, NAEP collects and reports information on student trends and performance and compares the achievement of students in public schools with that of students in private schools. Private schools represent about 24 percent of the schools in the nation, educate approximately 9 percent of the nation’s students, and are a critical component of the NAEP program. Private school data are essential to providing a complete and accurate picture of education in the United States and to informing future policy decisions. The results of NAEP are released to the public as The Nation’s Report Card.
All About NAEP
As private school teachers, you are essential partners in NAEP. You make an important contribution by sharing your class time and encouraging your students to participate and do their best. When students take part in NAEP and give their best effort, we get the most accurate measure possible of student achievement across the country.
Teachers can also view the private school video. Teachers and heads of school describe their experiences with the NAEP assessment and the value of NAEP to private schools in an online video, Private Schools and NAEP: A National Conversation. Watch the video at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx.
Highlights of the NAEP 2024 Program
From October 2024 through May 2025, NAEP representatives will administer the long-term trend (LTT) assessments in mathematics and reading in public and private schools across the country. LTT results can be linked to NAEP assessments first administered in the early 1970s, allowing us to measure progress over a span of more than 50 years. The age samples for LTT assessments are 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds. The assessment window for each age group is as follows:
Age 13: October 7–December 13, 2024
Age 9: January 6–March 14, 2025
Age 17: March 17–May 23, 2025
Students will be assessed by paper and pencil in one subject per student, mathematics or reading. The assessment will take about 90 minutes including transition, directions, and a questionnaire. NAEP representatives will bring all materials to the school on assessment day.
It’s Important to Know…
No advance preparation is needed. No advance preparation for teachers or for students is necessary. Trained NAEP representatives, employed by a contractor to the National Center for Education Statistics, administer NAEP.
Inclusion is essential. To ensure that student achievement is accurately reported, students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (EL) are encouraged to participate in NAEP assessments. Many accommodations are allowed during the assessment, such as extended time, breaks during the test, and a separate setting. SD and EL teachers who work with the students selected for the assessment are asked to provide information to determine how these students will be assessed on NAEP.
NAEP data are used for statistical purposes only.* No one involved in administering NAEP keeps personal information on teachers or students after the assessments are completed. There are no results for individual students, classrooms, or schools.
How NAEP Reports Results
Since 1969, NAEP has produced many reports chronicling trends over time in student performance. When private schools participate it gives them a voice, and every participating student is incorporated into national reporting, so they contribute to decisions about education in our country.
NAEP also disseminates contextual information from data collected on student survey questionnaires. This information can be used to inform parents, the public, and education policymakers about our students’ educational experiences inside and outside the classroom. You can access data from previous assessments at https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/nde, and explore the most recent results at http://nationsreportcard.gov. For a quick, but detailed, look at results for private schools, explore the NAEP Private School Quick Data tool at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/private_school_quick_data.aspx.
Use Take NAEP Now
Teachers can use the Take NAEP Now tool online to administer innovative, digitally based questions previously given to students throughout the nation as part of NAEP. The tool allows teachers to select a reading or mathematics test at grades 4 or 8, give it to up to 50 students, receive feedback, and compare students’ results to those of students in public schools.
To create a test or see students’ results, go to https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/takenaepnow.
When teachers generate a test, they will be prompted to enter an email and create a password. The email and password are required to review student results for the tests generated.
Using test codes means no student names need to be entered into the system to use this feature, protecting classroom information.
Compare Your Class to NAEP
Take NAEP Now uses released items students have taken on NAEP in the past, displaying those items on the same digital platform. Teachers can compare their classroom student performance to students from public schools across the nation or in their state.
Below is a comparison report, which displays the percentage correct for multiple choice response items and compares them to the percent correct on NAEP nationally.
Constructed-response items are not calculated in these totals, but the student responses and a scoring guide are provided.
[Screenshot]
[Source: Comparison report from https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/takenaepnow]
The tool also allows teachers to look at each student’s results, based on that student’s test code.
Example Mathematics Question
This fourth-grade mathematics question asks students to select the figures that cannot be folded to form a cube, and to explain why those figures cannot be folded. It’s an example of one of the released NAEP questions you can pose to your students using the Take NAEP Now tool.
[Screenshot]
[Source: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/takenaepnow]
* National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-7: NAEP 2025 Facts for Principals (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2025 Facts for Principals
Age 13 Long-Term Trend
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NAEP is an integral part of education in the United States.
Elected officials, policymakers, and educators all use NAEP results to develop ways to improve education.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
NAEP serves a different role than state assessments. While states have their own unique assessments with different content standards, the same NAEP assessment is administered in every state, providing a common measure of student achievement.
Depending on the type of NAEP assessment that is administered, the data can be used to compare and understand the performance of demographic groups within your state, the nation, other states, and districts that participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). NAEP is not designed to report results for individual students, classrooms, or schools.
To provide a better understanding of educational experiences and factors that may be related to students’ learning, students and principals who participate in NAEP are asked to complete survey questionnaires.
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“NAEP is the only assessment providing half-a-century of performance data to measure what students know and can do. The state and national trends inform local, state, and national program and policy discussions that improve teaching and learning.”
David Atherton, EdD, Principal, Clear Creek Middle School, Gresham, OR
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, and U.S. history. NAEP results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
What can principals and schools expect?
NAEP representatives will provide significant support to your school on assessment day. As principals, you make an important contribution to the program by selecting and empowering a NAEP school coordinator, meeting with teachers and participating students, and encouraging your students to participate and do their best. You are essential partners in NAEP. When students participate and give their best effort, NAEP results provide the most accurate measure possible of student achievement across the country.
In 2025, NAEP will be administered via paper and pencil to a sample of 13-year-old students in mathematics and reading between October 7 and December 13, 2024. NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Each student will be assessed in one subject only.
In addition to subject-area questions, students will complete a NAEP survey questionnaire that provides valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside of the classroom. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics.
NAEP representatives will bring all necessary materials and equipment to schools on assessment day. Schools will only need to provide space for students to take the assessment, including desks or tables.
For more information about NAEP long-term trend assessments, visit www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
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NAEP was first administered in 1969 to measure student achievement nationally. In 1990, NAEP was administered at the state level for the first time. Students in grades 4 and 8 are currently assessed at the national and state level in mathematics and reading every 2 years and in other subjects periodically. The NAEP TUDA program, which measures student achievement in some of the nation’s large urban districts, began in 2002.
Why is NAEP considered the gold standard? From the development of assessment frameworks and questions to the reporting of results, NAEP delivers high technical quality and represents the best thinking of assessment and content specialists, state education staff, and teachers from around the nation. NAEP is a trusted resource that measures student progress and helps inform policy decisions that improve education in the United States.
How are NAEP results reported? NAEP results are reported for different demographic groups rather than for individual students or schools. Within a school, just some of the student population participates, and student responses are combined with those from other participating students to produce the results.
How are schools and students selected for NAEP? A carefully designed sampling process ensures that NAEP-selected schools and students are representative of all schools and students in their district, state, and across the United States. To ensure that the sample represents all students in the nation’s schools, a broad range of accommodations are allowed for students with disabilities and English learners.
What can teachers and students expect? Including transition time, directions and tutorials, and completion of survey questions, it takes approximately 90 minutes for students to complete the assessment. Teachers do not need to prepare their students to take the assessment but should encourage them to do their best. NAEP representatives provide significant support to your school by working with the designated coordinator in your school to organize assessment activities.
How can educators use NAEP data to help students? NAEP items can be used as a helpful educational resource in the classroom. Teachers and district staff can use the NAEP Questions Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nqt) to see how student performance compares nationally on specific items. Released NAEP items come with a scoring guide, sample student responses, and performance data.
Visit the NAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard to access this information and more.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is authorized to conduct NAEP by the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. §9622) and to collect students’ education records from education agencies or institutions for the purposes of evaluating federally supported education programs under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(3)(iii) and 99.35). All of the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about participants. Electronic submission of participant’s information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. The collected information will be combined across respondents to produce statistical reports.
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NAEP 2024 Facts for Principals
Age 13 Long-Term Trend
Page One Sidebar
NAEP is an integral part of education in the United States.
Elected officials, policymakers, and educators all use NAEP results to develop ways to improve education.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
NAEP serves a different role than state assessments. While states have their own unique assessments with different content standards, the same NAEP assessment is administered in every state, providing a common measure of student achievement.
Depending on the type of NAEP assessment that is administered, the data can be used to compare and understand the performance of demographic groups within your state, the nation, other states, and districts that participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). NAEP is not designed to report results for individual students, classrooms, or schools.
To provide a better understanding of educational experiences and factors that may be related to students’ learning, students and principals who participate in NAEP are asked to complete survey questionnaires.
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“NAEP is the only assessment providing half-a-century of performance data to measure what students know and can do. The state and national trends inform local, state, and national program and policy discussions that improve teaching and learning.”
David Atherton, EdD, Principal, Clear Creek Middle School, Gresham, OR
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, and U.S. history. NAEP results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
What can principals and schools expect?
NAEP representatives will provide significant support to your school on assessment day. As principals, you make an important contribution to the program by selecting and empowering a NAEP school coordinator, meeting with teachers and participating students, and encouraging your students to participate and do their best. You are essential partners in NAEP. When students participate and give their best effort, NAEP results provide the most accurate measure possible of student achievement across the country.
In 2024, NAEP will be administered via paper and pencil to a sample of 13-year-old students in mathematics and reading between October 7 and December 13, 2024. NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Each student will be assessed in one subject only.
In addition to subject-area questions, students will complete a NAEP survey questionnaire that provides valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside of the classroom. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics.
NAEP representatives will bring all necessary materials and equipment to schools on assessment day. Schools will only need to provide space for students to take the assessment, including desks or tables.
For more information about NAEP long-term trend assessments, visit www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
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NAEP was first administered in 1969 to measure student achievement nationally. In 1990, NAEP was administered at the state level for the first time. Students in grades 4 and 8 are currently assessed at the national and state level in mathematics and reading every 2 years and in other subjects periodically. The NAEP TUDA program, which measures student achievement in some of the nation’s large urban districts, began in 2002.
Why is NAEP considered the gold standard? From the development of assessment frameworks and questions to the reporting of results, NAEP delivers high technical quality and represents the best thinking of assessment and content specialists, state education staff, and teachers from around the nation. NAEP is a trusted resource that measures student progress and helps inform policy decisions that improve education in the United States.
How are NAEP results reported? NAEP results are reported for different demographic groups rather than for individual students or schools. Within a school, just some of the student population participates, and student responses are combined with those from other participating students to produce the results.
How are schools and students selected for NAEP? A carefully designed sampling process ensures that NAEP-selected schools and students are representative of all schools and students in their district, state, and across the United States. To ensure that the sample represents all students in the nation’s schools, a broad range of accommodations are allowed for students with disabilities and English learners.
What can teachers and students expect? Including transition time, directions and tutorials, and completion of survey questions, it takes approximately 90 minutes for students to complete the assessment. Teachers do not need to prepare their students to take the assessment but should encourage them to do their best. NAEP representatives provide significant support to your school by working with the designated coordinator in your school to organize assessment activities.
How can educators use NAEP data to help students? NAEP items can be used as a helpful educational resource in the classroom. Teachers and district staff can use the NAEP Questions Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nqt) to see how student performance compares nationally on specific items. Released NAEP items come with a scoring guide, sample student responses, and performance data.
Visit the NAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard to access this information and more.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is authorized to conduct NAEP by the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. §9622) and to collect students’ education records from education agencies or institutions for the purposes of evaluating federally supported education programs under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(3)(iii) and 99.35). All of the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about participants. Electronic submission of participant’s information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. The collected information will be combined across respondents to produce statistical reports.
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NAEP 2025 Facts for Principals
Ages 9 and 17 Long-Term Trend
Page One Sidebar
NAEP is an integral part of education in the United States.
Elected officials, policymakers, and educators all use NAEP results to develop ways to improve education.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
NAEP serves a different role than state assessments. While states have their own unique assessments with different content standards, the same NAEP assessment is administered in every state, providing a common measure of student achievement.
Depending on the type of NAEP assessment that is administered, the data can be used to compare and understand the performance of demographic groups within your state, the nation, other states, and districts that participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). NAEP is not designed to report results for individual students, classrooms, or schools.
To provide a better understanding of educational experiences and factors that may be related to students’ learning, students and principals who participate in NAEP are asked to complete survey questionnaires.
Page One Body
“NAEP is the only assessment providing half-a-century of performance data to measure what students know and can do. The state and national trends inform local, state, and national program and policy discussions that improve teaching and learning.”
David Atherton, EdD, Principal, Clear Creek Middle School, Gresham, OR
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, and U.S. history. NAEP results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
What can principals and schools expect?
NAEP representatives will provide significant support to your school on assessment day. As principals, you make an important contribution to the program by selecting and empowering a NAEP school coordinator, meeting with teachers and participating students, and encouraging your students to participate and do their best. You are essential partners in NAEP. When students participate and give their best effort, NAEP results provide the most accurate measure possible of student achievement across the country.
In 2025, NAEP will be administered via paper and pencil in mathematics and reading to a sample of
9-year-old students between January 6 and March 14, 2025; and
17-year-old students between March 17 and May 23, 2025.
NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Each student will be assessed in one subject only.
In addition to subject-area questions, students will complete a NAEP survey questionnaire that provides valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside of the classroom. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics.
NAEP representatives will bring all necessary materials and equipment to schools on assessment day. Schools will only need to provide space for students to take the assessment, including desks or tables.
For more information about NAEP long-term trend assessments, visit www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
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NAEP was first administered in 1969 to measure student achievement nationally. In 1990, NAEP was administered at the state level for the first time. Students in grades 4 and 8 are currently assessed at the national and state level in mathematics and reading every 2 years and in other subjects periodically. The NAEP TUDA program, which measures student achievement in some of the nation’s large urban districts, began in 2002.
Why is NAEP considered the gold standard? From the development of assessment frameworks and questions to the reporting of results, NAEP delivers high technical quality and represents the best thinking of assessment and content specialists, state education staff, and teachers from around the nation. NAEP is a trusted resource that measures student progress and helps inform policy decisions that improve education in the United States.
How are NAEP results reported? NAEP results are reported for different demographic groups rather than for individual students or schools. Within a school, just some of the student population participates, and student responses are combined with those from other participating students to produce the results.
How are schools and students selected for NAEP? A carefully designed sampling process ensures that NAEP-selected schools and students are representative of all schools and students in their district, state, and across the United States. To ensure that the sample represents all students in the nation’s schools, a broad range of accommodations are allowed for students with disabilities and English learners.
What can teachers and students expect? Including transition time, directions and tutorials, and completion of survey questions, it takes approximately 90 minutes for students to complete the assessment. Teachers do not need to prepare their students to take the assessment but should encourage them to do their best. NAEP representatives provide significant support to your school by working with the designated coordinator in your school to organize assessment activities.
How can educators use NAEP data to help students? NAEP items can be used as a helpful educational resource in the classroom. Teachers and district staff can use the NAEP Questions Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nqt) to see how student performance compares nationally on specific items. Released NAEP items come with a scoring guide, sample student responses, and performance data.
Visit the NAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard to access this information and more.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is authorized to conduct NAEP by the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. §9622) and to collect students’ education records from education agencies or institutions for the purposes of evaluating federally supported education programs under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(3)(iii) and 99.35). All of the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about participants. Electronic submission of participant’s information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. The collected information will be combined across respondents to produce statistical reports.
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Appendix D-8: NAEP 2025 Save the Date (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024–2025 Save-the-Date Letter From
NAEP STATE COORDINATOR TO SCHOOL PRINCIPAL – For All Sampled Schools
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Save the date! NAEP is coming on assessment date.
Dear Principal:
In [month], I notified you that school name was selected to participate in the 2024–2025 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This letter includes the scheduled assessment date for your school.
[Nine / Thirteen / Seventeen]-year-olds from your school will take the assessment on assessment date. Please place the NAEP assessment date on your 2024–25 school calendar. Approximately estimated student sample students from your school will be selected to participate, but that number will vary depending on actual fall 2024 student enrollment numbers. The assessment will take about 90 minutes for most students, including transition time, directions, and completion of a survey questionnaire. NAEP representatives will provide significant support to your school, bring all necessary materials, and administer the assessment.
If you have questions or a conflict with the scheduled assessment date, please contact me at telephone number or email address by date. I will send you more information about preparing for the assessment at the beginning of the school year.
NAEP is a common measure of student achievement across the country and is used to inform education policies and practices. Schools and students have an important role in ensuring that NAEP results are accurate. Our goal is 100 percent participation in this important assessment, and we know that we can count on you to help us reach it.
Sincerely,
NAEP State Coordinator
CC: District Test Coordinator
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-9: NAEP 2025 Parent/Guardian Notification Public Schools- English and Spanish (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024–2025 LONG-TERM TREND PARENT/GUARDIAN NOTIFICATION LETTER
(School Letterhead)
(Insert Date Here)
Dear Parent or Guardian:
(School name) will participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on (date). NAEP is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students know and can do in various subjects. NAEP is different from our state assessments because it is a common measure of achievement across the country. It is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, within the U.S. Department of Education. NAEP results are released as The Nation’s Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents, policymakers, and the public.
Your child (will/may) take a mathematics or reading assessment. In addition to subject-area questions, students voluntarily complete NAEP survey questions. These questions provide valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside of the classroom. More information about NAEP survey questions is available at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents under the section “What Questions Are on the Test?”
The assessment takes about 90 minutes for most students, which includes transition time, directions, and completion of survey questions.
The information collected is used for statistical purposes only.
Your child’s grades will not be affected.
Students may be excused for any reason, are not required to complete the assessment, and may skip any question.
While the assessment is voluntary, NAEP depends on student participation to help policymakers improve education. However, if you do not want your child to participate, please notify me in writing by (date).
There is no need to study in preparation for NAEP, but please encourage your child to do their best. Contact (name) at (telephone number) or at (email address) if you have any questions.
We are excited that our school is participating in NAEP. We know that (school name)’s students will show what our nation’s students know and can do.
Sincerely,
(School Principal’s Name)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
CARTA DE NOTIFICACIÓN A LOS PADRES O TUTORES SOBRE NAEP DE 2024-2025 TENDENCIA A LARGO PLAZO
(Membrete de la escuela)
(Coloque la fecha aquí)
Estimado(a) padre, madre o tutor:
(Nombre de la escuela) participará en la Evaluación Nacional del Progreso Educativo (NAEP, por sus siglas en inglés) el (fecha). NAEP es la evaluación continua y nacionalmente representativa más grande acerca de lo que los estudiantes saben y pueden hacer en diferentes materias. NAEP es diferente de nuestras evaluaciones estatales ya que ofrece una medida común de los logros en todo el país. NAEP es administrada por el Centro Nacional de Estadísticas de la Educación (NCES, por sus siglas en inglés), parte del Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos. Los resultados se publican en un informe llamado La Libreta de Calificaciones de la Nación, el cual les proporciona información a los educadores, padres, legisladores y al público acerca de los logros de los estudiantes.
Su hijo(a) (tomará/posiblemente tome) una evaluación de matemáticas o lectura. Además de las preguntas sobre la materia, los estudiantes contestan preguntas de contexto de NAEP de manera voluntaria. Las preguntas proporcionan información valiosa acerca de las experiencias y oportunidades de aprendizaje dentro y fuera del salón de clases de los estudiantes participantes. Puede encontrar más información acerca de las preguntas de NAEP en https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents/spanish.aspx en la sección “¿Qué se le preguntará a su hijo(a)?”
La evaluación toma unos 90 minutos para la mayoría de los estudiantes, incluyendo el tiempo de transición, instrucciones y el contestar las preguntas de contexto.
La información recolectada se utiliza únicamente con fines estadísticos.
Las calificaciones de su hijo(a) no se verán afectadas.
Los estudiantes pueden ser excusados por cualquier motivo, no están obligados a completar la evaluación y pueden dejar de responder cualquier pregunta.
Aunque la evaluación es voluntaria, NAEP depende de la participación de los estudiantes para ayudarles a los legisladores a mejorar la educación. No obstante, si no desea que su hijo(a) participe, por favor, notifíqueme por escrito antes de (fecha).
No es necesario estudiar en preparación para NAEP, pero anime a su hijo(a) a que haga su mejor esfuerzo. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con (nombre) llamando al (número de teléfono) o por correo electrónico escribiendo a (correo electrónico).
Nos entusiasma que nuestra escuela participe en NAEP. Sabemos que los estudiantes de (nombre de la escuela) mostrarán lo que los estudiantes de nuestro país saben y pueden hacer.
Atentamente,
(Nombre del director(a) de la escuela)
El Centro Nacional para Estadísticas de la Educación (NCES, por sus siglas en inglés) administra la Evaluación Nacional del Progreso Educativo para evaluar programas de educación apoyados por el Gobierno federal. Toda la información que proporcione podrá usarse únicamente con fines estadísticos y no podrá darse a conocer o usarse ni para identificarlo ni para cualquier otro propósito salvo aquel requerido legalmente (20 U.S.C. §9573 y 6 U.S.C. §151). Por ley, todos los empleados de NCES al igual que todos los representantes del mismo, como contratistas y coordinadores de NAEP, han hecho un juramento y están sujetos a una pena de prisión de hasta 5 años, una multa de hasta $250,000 o ambas cosas, si dan a conocer intencionalmente CUALQUIER información que lo identifique. El envío de su información por vía electrónica será monitoreado por empleados y contratistas federales para detectar virus, programas maliciosos (malware) y otras amenazas conforme a la Ley de Mejoramiento de la Seguridad Cibernética de 2015.
Appendix D-10: NAEP 2025 Parent/Guardian Notification Private Schools- English and Spanish (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024–2025 PARENT/GUARDIAN NOTIFICATION LETTER PRIVATE SCHOOL
Long-Term Trend
(School Letterhead)
(Insert Date Here)
Dear Parent or Guardian:
We are pleased to notify you that (school name) has been selected to represent private schools across the nation by participating in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on (date). NAEP is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in public and private schools know and can do in various subjects, and is different from state and school assessments because it provides a common measure of student achievement across the country. NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, within the U.S. Department of Education. The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents, policymakers, and the public.
Your child (will/may) take a mathematics or reading assessment. In addition to subject-area questions, students voluntarily complete NAEP survey questions. The questions provide valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside of the classroom. More information is available at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents under the section “What Questions Are on the Test?”
The assessment takes approximately 90 minutes for most students, including transition time, directions, and completion of the survey questions.
The information collected is used for statistical purposes only.
Your child’s grades will not be affected.
Students may be excused for any reason, are not required to complete the assessment, and may skip any question.
While the assessment is voluntary, NAEP depends on student participation to help policymakers improve education. However, if you do not want your child to participate, please notify me in writing by (date).
There is no need to study in preparation for NAEP, but please encourage your child to do their best. Contact (name) at (telephone number) or at (email address) if you have any questions. To learn more about private school participation in NAEP, visit https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx.
We are excited that our school is participating in NAEP. We know that (school name)’s students will show what our nation’s students in private schools know and can do.
Sincerely,
(School Principal’s Name)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
CARTA DE NOTIFICACIÓN A LOS PADRES O TUTORES SOBRE NAEP 2024-2025
ESCUELAS PRIVADAS
Tendencia a Largo Plazo
(Membrete de la escuela)
(Coloque la fecha aquí)
Estimado(a) padre, madre o tutor:
Nos complace notificarle que (nombre de la escuela) ha sido seleccionada para representar a las escuelas privadas de todo el país al participar en la Evaluación Nacional del Progreso Educativo (NAEP, por sus siglas en inglés) el (fecha). NAEP es la evaluación continua y nacionalmente representativa más grande acerca de lo que los estudiantes en las escuelas privadas saben y pueden hacer en diferentes materias y es diferente de las evaluaciones estatales y escolares ya que ofrece una medida común de los logros de los estudiantes en todo el país. NAEP es administrada por el Centro Nacional de Estadísticas de la Educación (NCES, por sus siglas en inglés), parte del Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos. Los resultados se publican en un informe llamado La Libreta de Calificaciones de la Nación, el cual les proporciona información a los educadores, padres, legisladores y al público acerca de los logros de los estudiantes.
Su hijo(a) (tomará/posiblemente tome) una evaluación de matemáticas o lectura. Además de las preguntas sobre la materia, los estudiantes contestan preguntas de contexto de NAEP de manera voluntaria. Los cuestionarios proporcionan información valiosa acerca de las experiencias y oportunidades de aprendizaje dentro y fuera del salón de clases de los estudiantes participantes. Puede encontrar más información acerca de las preguntas de NAEP en https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents/spanish.aspx en la sección “¿Qué se le preguntará a su hijo(a)?”
La evaluación toma aproximadamente 90 minutos para la mayoría de los estudiantes, incluyendo el tiempo de transición, instrucciones y el contestar las preguntas de contexto.
La información recolectada se utiliza únicamente con fines estadísticos.
Las calificaciones de su hijo(a) no se verán afectadas.
Los estudiantes pueden ser excusados por cualquier motivo, no están obligados a completar la evaluación y pueden dejar de responder cualquier pregunta.
Aunque la evaluación es voluntaria, NAEP depende de la participación de los estudiantes para ayudarles a los legisladores a mejorar la educación. No obstante, si no desea que su hijo(a) participe, por favor, notifíqueme por escrito antes de (fecha).
No es necesario estudiar en preparación para NAEP, pero anime a su hijo(a) a que haga su mejor esfuerzo. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con (nombre) llamando al (número de teléfono) o por correo electrónico escribiendo a (correo electrónico). Para saber más sobre la participación de las escuelas privadas en NAEP, visite https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx (en inglés).
Nos entusiasma que nuestra escuela participe en NAEP. Sabemos que los estudiantes de (nombre de la escuela) mostrarán lo que los estudiantes en las escuelas privadas de nuestro país saben y pueden hacer.
Atentamente,
Director(a) de la escuela
El Centro Nacional para Estadísticas de la Educación (NCES, por sus siglas en inglés) administra la Evaluación Nacional del Progreso Educativo para evaluar programas de educación apoyados por el Gobierno federal. Toda la información que proporcione podrá usarse únicamente con fines estadísticos y no podrá darse a conocer o usarse ni para identificarlo ni para cualquier otro propósito salvo aquel requerido legalmente (20 U.S.C. §9573 y 6 U.S.C. §151). Por ley, todos los empleados de NCES al igual que todos los representantes del mismo, como contratistas y coordinadores de NAEP, han hecho un juramento y están sujetos a una pena de prisión de hasta 5 años, una multa de hasta $250,000 o ambas cosas, si dan a conocer intencionalmente CUALQUIER información que lo identifique. El envío de su información por vía electrónica será monitoreado por empleados y contratistas federales para detectar virus, programas maliciosos (malware) y otras amenazas conforme a la Ley de Mejoramiento de la Seguridad Cibernética de 2015.
Appendix D-11: NAEP 2025 School Coordinator Responsibilities, Ages 9, 13, and 17 LTT, Public Schools (Age 13 Revised; Ages 9 and 17 New)
Fall 2024 School Coordinator Responsibilities Guide for Age 13 Long-Term Trend
Thank you for your support of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). We look forward to working with you to make NAEP a positive experience at your school. The Assessment Management System (AMS) will be your primary resource for completing assessment planning tasks online for the upcoming assessment.
This guide outlines tasks you will complete along with available resources to make assessment day successful.
NAEP Activity Timeline
Now: Activate AMS Account and Provide School Information
August–September: Import Student Lists (if requested)
September: Preassessment Activities
September–October: Assessment Planning Meeting
One week before the assessment: Notify Parents and Guardians and Support Assessment Activities
October 7–December 13: NAEP Fall 2024 Assessment Window
After the assessment: Wrap Up
You will need to complete the following activities:
Activate AMS Account and Provide School Information (Now)
The AMS provides information your school needs to participate in NAEP. Multiple school staff members may register to access the site, but only school coordinators and principals will have full access. When you have been invited to the AMS, you will receive an automated email from [email] to activate your account. Select the “Activate AMS Account” button. For more information about how to register, see detailed instructions on page X.
Go to the Provide School Information section to enter and submit your school’s contact information and characteristics, including your school’s name, address, and the number of students enrolled in the selected age group. Providing up-to-date information about your school ensures that materials can be accurately prepared for the assessment.
Submit Student Lists (if requested, August–September)
NAEP requires a complete list of students in the selected age group. NAEP uses the list to draw a random sample of students who will participate in the assessment and to collect demographic information. The Manage Imports section will appear for schools that need to prepare and upload this list. Individual student names, responses, and scores on NAEP are never reported. All the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151).
Complete Preassessment Activities (September)
Once the student sample is released, you will complete preassessment activities in the AMS and with your NAEP representative.
Schedule Assessment Planning Meeting
An assigned NAEP representative will contact the school coordinator to schedule a date and time (up to 1-hour block) for a virtual Assessment Planning Meeting. A meeting link will be provided via email prior to the scheduled meeting. The NAEP representative can review with you how to complete the following planning tasks, upon request.
Provide Student Information
Review the student sample and identify any students who cannot take the assessment. Review demographic information and update any information that is missing or inaccurate.
Provide information about students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (EL) so assessment administrators can plan appropriate testing accommodations.
You can send an invitation to register for the AMS to your school’s SD and EL specialists so they can assist with this task.
Please note that school staff may need to assist with certain accommodations (e.g., cueing to stay on task, scribe). You will need to provide the contact information for the school staff that will assist with these accommodations.
Assessment Logistics
Schedule the assessment groups and reserve space at your school. Please select a location on the first floor, or one that is accessible by elevator.
Assessment day details, including the location(s) and start time(s) of the assessment and how students and teachers will be notified, need to be entered via the Assessment Logistics section in the AMS.
Attend Assessment Planning Meeting (APM)
The school coordinator will participate in a virtual planning meeting with NAEP field staff for up to an hour to review and confirm assessment details entered into the AMS and provide contact information for the school administrator who will complete the school questionnaire. Following the APM, the NAEP representative will mail a hard copy school questionnaire to be completed by a school administrator prior to assessment day.
Notify Parents and Guardians
By law, parents/guardians of students selected to participate in NAEP must be notified in writing of their child’s selection prior to the administration of the assessment.
In the Notify Parents/Guardians section in the AMS, an electronic copy of the Parent/Guardian Notification Letter is available to download and distribute.
Verify that these notifications have been sent in the AMS.
Support Assessment Day Activities.
Prior to the assessment day, the school coordinator will need to remind teachers and students about the assessment and ensure that students will attend. Share the Teacher Notification Letter and attach the List of Participating Students. Distribute the Student Appointment Cards to help ensure assessment day runs smoothly. These resources can be created and printed from the Support Assessment Day section in the AMS.
Assessment Day Responsibilities
A school staff member is encouraged to remain in the room during the assessment. If attendance of sampled students is less than 90 percent, a makeup session will be necessary, and the NAEP representative will schedule another date to administer the assessment to the students who were absent.
NAEP representatives will collect the completed hard copy school questionnaire.
After the Assessment
Destroy any hardcopy documents containing student names according to school protocol
Complete a short survey on your experience with NAEP.
[Callout Box]
Registering for the AMS
Pre-Registration Task
Work with school or district technology staff as necessary to add the domain <AMS URL> to the safe senders list to help ensure receipt of important email messages.
AMS Activation Email
When you have been invited to the AMS, you will receive an automated email from [Help Desk Email] to activate your account.
Select the “Activate AMS Account” button.
This button will expire 30 days after the email is received. Please contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [Help Desk Email] if you need a new activation email sent.
Create AMS Account
Create your own password using the following criteria:
Must have at least 8 characters
Needs at least one of each of the following:
A lowercase letter
An uppercase letter
A number
Must not contain any parts of your username
Password cannot be any of your last 4 passwords.
Make sure to remember your password – write it down if necessary.
Select your security image and then click “Create My Account”.
Log in to the AMS
Login to the AMS using your email and password.
Select “Log In”.
If you have any questions on registering for the AMS please contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [Help Desk Email]
Online Resources Information for selected schools
Information for selected schools |
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/schools.aspx |
Sample Questions booklets |
|
NAEP Questions Tool |
|
Information for parents |
For more information about NAEP, visit http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/.
Find us on: [Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube logos]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
2025 School Coordinator Responsibilities Guide for Long-Term Trend
Thank you for your support of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). We look forward to working with you to make NAEP a positive experience at your school. The Assessment Management System (AMS) will be your primary resource for completing assessment planning tasks online for the upcoming assessment.
This guide outlines tasks you will complete along with available resources to make assessment day successful.
NAEP Activity Timeline
Assessment Program |
Activate AMS Account |
Import Student List |
AMS Data entry and Assessment Planning Meeting |
Notify Parents and Guardians and Support Assessment Activities |
Assessment Window |
Long Term Trend Age 9 |
August |
October –November |
December –January |
One Week Before the Assessment |
January 6 – March 14, 2025 |
Long Term Trend Age 17 |
December |
January – February |
February – March |
One Week Before the Assessment |
March 17 – May 23, 2025 |
You will need to complete the following activities:
Activate AMS Account and Provide School Information
The AMS provides information your school needs to participate in NAEP. Multiple school staff members may register to access the site, but only school coordinators and principals will have full access. When you have been invited to the AMS, you will receive an automated email from [email] to activate your account. Select the “Activate AMS Account” button. For more information about how to register, see detailed instructions on page X.
Go to the Provide School Information section to enter and submit your school’s contact information and characteristics, including your school’s name, address, and the number of students enrolled in the selected age group. Providing up-to-date information about your school ensures that materials can be accurately prepared for the assessment.
Submit Student Lists
NAEP requires a complete list of students in the selected age group. NAEP uses the list to draw a random sample of students who will participate in the assessment and to collect demographic information. The Manage Imports section will appear for schools that need to prepare and upload this list. Individual student names, responses, and scores on NAEP are never reported. All the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151).
Complete Preassessment Activities
Once the student sample is released, you will complete preassessment activities in the AMS and with your NAEP representative.
Schedule Assessment Planning Meeting
An assigned NAEP representative will contact the school coordinator to schedule a date and time (up to 1-hour block) for a virtual Assessment Planning Meeting. A meeting link will be provided via email prior to the scheduled meeting. The NAEP representative can review with you how to complete the following planning tasks, upon request.
Provide Student Information
Review the student sample and identify any students who cannot take the assessment. Review demographic information and update any information that is missing or inaccurate.
Provide information about students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (EL) so assessment administrators can plan appropriate testing accommodations.
You can send an invitation to register for the AMS to your school’s SD and EL specialists so they can assist with this task.
Please note that school staff may need to assist with certain accommodations (e.g., cueing to stay on task, scribe). You will need to provide the contact information for the school staff that will assist with these accommodations.
Assessment Logistics
Schedule the assessment groups and reserve space at your school. Please select a location on the first floor, or one that is accessible by elevator.
Assessment day details, including the location(s) and start time(s) of the assessment and how students and teachers will be notified, need to be entered via the Assessment Logistics section in the AMS.
Attend Assessment Planning Meeting (APM)
School coordinators will participate in a virtual planning meeting with NAEP representatives for up to an hour to review and confirm assessment details entered in the AMS and provide contact information for the school administrator who will complete the school questionnaire. Following the APM, the NAEP representative will mail a hard copy school questionnaire to be completed by a school administrator prior to assessment day.
Notify Parents and Guardians
By law, parents/guardians of students selected to participate in NAEP must be notified in writing of their child’s selection prior to the administration of the assessment.
In the Notify Parents/Guardians section in the AMS, an electronic copy of the Parent/Guardian Notification Letter is available to download and distribute.
Verify that these notifications have been sent in the AMS.
Support Assessment Day Activities.
Prior to the assessment day, the school coordinator will need to remind teachers and students about the assessment and ensure that students will attend. Share the Teacher Notification Letter and attach the List of Participating Students. Distribute the Student Appointment Cards to help ensure assessment day runs smoothly. These resources can be created and printed from the Support Assessment Day section in the AMS.
Assessment Day Responsibilities
A school staff member is encouraged to remain in the room during the assessment. If attendance of sampled students is less than 90 percent, a makeup session will be necessary, and the NAEP representative will schedule another date to administer the assessment to the students who were absent.
NAEP representative will collect the completed hard copy school questionnaire.
After the Assessment
Destroy any hardcopy documents containing student names according to school protocol.
Complete a short survey on your experience with NAEP.
[Callout Box]
Registering for the AMS
Pre-Registration Task
Work with school or district technology staff as necessary to add the domain <ams URL> to the safe senders list to help ensure receipt of important email messages.
AMS Activation Email
When you have been invited to the AMS, you will receive an automated email from [Help Desk Email] to activate your account.
Select the “Activate AMS Account” button.
This button will expire 30 days after the email is received. Please contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [Help Desk Email] if you need a new activation email sent.
Create AMS Account
Create your own password using the following criteria:
Must have at least 8 characters
Needs at least one of each of the following:
A lowercase letter
An uppercase letter
A number
Must not contain any parts of your username
Password cannot be any of your last 4 passwords.
Make sure to remember your password – write it down if necessary.
Select your security image and then click “Create My Account”.
Log in to the AMS
Login to the AMS using your email and password.
Select “Log In”.
If you have any questions on registering for the AMS please contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [Help Desk Email]
Online Resources Information for selected schools
Information for selected schools |
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/schools.aspx |
Sample Questions booklets |
|
NAEP Questions Tool |
|
Information for parents |
For more information about NAEP, visit http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/.
Find us on: [Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube logos]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-12: NAEP 2025 School Coordinator Responsibilities Guide for Private Schools Long-Term Trend (New)
Private School Coordinator Responsibilities Guide for Long-Term Trend
Thank you for your support of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). We look forward to working with you to make NAEP a positive experience at your school. The Assessment Management System (AMS) will be your primary resource for completing assessment planning tasks online for the upcoming assessment if you choose to enter your school’s information or your NAEP representative can enter the information for you.
If you prefer that the NAEP representative enter your school’s information, contact your NAEP representative for an appointment to review the information needed.
If you choose to enter your school’s information in the AMS, this guide outlines tasks you will complete using available resources to make assessment day successful.
NAEP Activity Timeline
Assessment Program |
Activate AMS Account |
Import Student List |
AMS Data Entry and Assessment Planning Meeting |
Notify Parents and Guardians and Support Assessment Activities |
Assessment Window |
Long Term Trend Age 13 |
August |
August – September |
September – October |
One Week Before the Assessment |
October 7 – December 13, 2024 |
Long Term Trend Age 9 |
August |
October –November |
December –January |
One Week Before the Assessment |
January 6 – March 14, 2025 |
Long Term Trend Age 17 |
December |
January – February |
February – March |
One Week Before the Assessment |
You will need to complete the following activities:
Activate AMS Account and Provide School Information
The AMS provides information your school needs to participate in NAEP. Multiple school staff members may register to access the site, but only school coordinators and principals will have full access. When you have been invited to the AMS, you will receive an automated email from [email] to activate your account. Select the “Activate AMS Account” button. For more information about how to register, see detailed instructions on page X.
Go to the Provide School Information section to enter and submit your school’s contact information and characteristics, including your school’s name, address, and the number of students enrolled in the selected age group. Providing up-to-date information about your school ensures that materials can be accurately prepared for the assessment.
Submit Student Lists
NAEP requires a complete list of students in the selected age group. NAEP uses the list to draw a random sample of students who will participate in the assessment and to collect demographic information. The Manage Imports section will appear for schools that need to prepare and upload this list. Individual student names, responses, and scores on NAEP are never reported. All the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151).
Complete Preassessment Activities
Once the student sample is released, you will complete preassessment activities in the AMS and with your NAEP representative.
Schedule Assessment Planning Meeting
An assigned NAEP representative will contact the school coordinator to schedule a date and time (up to 1-hour block) for a virtual Assessment Planning Meeting. A meeting link will be provided via email prior to the scheduled meeting. The NAEP representative can review with you how to complete the following planning tasks, upon request.
Provide Student Information
Review demographic information and update any information that is missing or inaccurate. Identify any students who cannot take the assessment.
Provide information about students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (EL) so assessment administrators can plan appropriate testing accommodations.
You can send an invitation to register for the AMS to your school’s SD and EL specialists so they can assist with this task.
Please note that school staff may need to assist with certain accommodations (e.g., cueing to stay on task, scribe). If needed, please provide the contact information for the school staff that will assist with these accommodations.
Assessment Logistics
Schedule the assessment groups and reserve space at your school. Please select a location on the first floor, or one that is accessible by elevator.
Assessment day details, including the location(s) and start time(s) of the assessment and how students and teachers will be notified, can be entered via the Assessment Logistics section in the AMS.
Attend Assessment Planning Meeting
You will participate in a virtual planning meeting with a NAEP representative, for up to an hour, to review and confirm assessment details and information entered into the AMS and provide contact information for the school administrator who will complete the school questionnaire.
Following the APM, the NAEP representative will mail a hard copy school questionnaire to be completed by a school administrator prior to assessment day.
Notify Parents and Guardians
By law, parents/guardians of students selected to participate in NAEP must be notified in writing of their child’s selection prior to the administration of the assessment.
In the Notify Parents/Guardians section in the AMS, an electronic copy of the Parent/Guardian Notification Letter is available to download and distribute.
Verify that these notifications have been sent in the AMS.
Support Assessment Day Activities.
Prior to the assessment day, you will need to remind teachers and students about the assessment and ensure that students will attend. Share the Teacher Notification Letter and attach the List of Participating Students. Distribute the Student Appointment Cards to help ensure assessment day runs smoothly. These resources can be created and printed from the Support Assessment Day section in the AMS.
Assessment Day Responsibilities
If attendance of sampled students is less than 90 percent, a makeup session will be necessary, and the NAEP representative will schedule another date to administer the assessment to the students who were absent. The school coordinator and teachers of selected students are welcome to remain in the room during the assessment.
NAEP representative will collect the completed hard copy school questionnaire.
After the Assessment
Destroy any hardcopy documents containing student names according to school protocol.
Complete a short survey on your experience with NAEP.
[Callout Box]
Registering for the AMS
Pre-Registration Task
Work with school or district technology staff as necessary to add the domain <AMS URL> to the safe senders list to help ensure receipt of important email messages.
AMS Activation Email
When you have been invited to the AMS, you will receive an automated email from [Help Desk Email] to activate your account.
Select the “Activate AMS Account” button.
This button will expire 30 days after the email is received. Please contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [Help Desk Email] if you need a new activation email sent.
Create AMS Account
Create your own password using the following criteria:
Must have at least 8 characters
Needs at least one of each of the following:
A lowercase letter
An uppercase letter
A number
Must not contain any parts of your username
Password cannot be any of your last 4 passwords.
Make sure to remember your password – write it down if necessary.
Select your security image and then click “Create My Account”.
Log in to the AMS
Login to the AMS using your email and password.
Select “Log In”.
If you have any questions on registering for the AMS please contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [Help Desk Email].
Online Resources Information for selected schools
Information for private schools |
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx |
Sample Questions booklets |
|
NAEP Questions Tool |
|
Information for parents |
For more information about NAEP, visit http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/.
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
Appendix D-13: NAEP 2025 NAEP in Your School, LTT, Public and Private Schools (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024 in Your School
Age 13 Long-Term Trend
Sidebar Page One
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an essential measurement of student achievement in the United States.
First administered in 1969, NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, and U.S. history.
The schools and students participating in NAEP represent schools and students across the country.
NAEP is considered the gold standard of assessments because of its high technical quality. From developing frameworks and questions to the reporting of results, NAEP represents the best thinking of assessment and content specialists, state education staff, and teachers from around the nation.
NAEP is a common measure of academic progress across the nation and over time. The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
Body Page One
NAEP will be administered via paper and pencil to a sample of 13-year-old students in mathematics and reading between October 7 and December 13, 2024.
NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Students will also be asked to complete a survey questionnaire to provide a better understanding of factors that may be related to students’ learning. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics.
Results will be released for the nation. NAEP results are used by teachers, principals, parents/guardians, policymakers, and researchers to assess students’ progress in various subject areas and develop ways to improve education in the United States.
What is involved?
Participating students will complete subject-area questions in mathematics or reading. Each student will be assessed in one subject only. It takes approximately 90 minutes for students to complete the paper-based assessment, including transition time, directions, and completion of a survey questionnaire. A broad range of accommodations are provided for students with disabilities and English learners.
For more information about NAEP long-term trend assessments, visit www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
Body Page Two
It’s important to know...
Who will be responsible for coordinating and administering NAEP?
Your NAEP State Coordinator, NAEP representatives, and school staff will work together to coordinate and administer the assessment. You will need to assign a member of your school’s staff to serve as the school coordinator and be the primary contact for the assessment. This person should be
familiar with how students participate in statewide assessments; and
comfortable using a computer to collect and enter student information online.
The NAEP State Coordinator works at your state department of education and will be responsible for
working with schools to confirm the assessment date;
communicating with principals about the importance of NAEP and student participation;
providing schools with instructions for preparing a list of 13-year-old students and information about notifying parents/guardians of participating students;
providing guidance for including students with disabilities and English learners; and
responding to questions from the school community throughout the assessment period.
NAEP representatives employed by a U.S. Department of Education contractor to work directly with schools will be responsible for
selecting a random sample of students from the school list of 13-year-old students;
verifying information that the school coordinator has provided via the Assessment Management System (AMS) website, which will serve as the primary resource and action center throughout the NAEP assessment process;
working with the school coordinator to finalize assessment logistics;
bringing all assessment materials to the school on the scheduled day; and
administering the assessment.
Each principal will be responsible for
assigning a school staff member to serve as school coordinator;
including the NAEP assessment date on the school calendar;
empowering the designated school coordinator to work with the NAEP representative and NAEP State Coordinator to prepare for the assessment; and
informing school staff and students about NAEP and why student participation is critically important.
The school coordinator will be responsible for
confirming the scheduled assessment date with the NAEP State Coordinator;
registering for the AMS website and providing information about the school;
if requested, overseeing the submission of an electronic list of 13-year-old students;
using the AMS website to prepare for the assessment;
notifying parents/guardians of the assessment (more information will be provided on how to complete this task);
communicating with the NAEP representative and participating in an Assessment Planning Meeting via video conference to finalize assessment preparations;
reserving space for the assessment, including room(s) and desks or tables; and
collaborating with school staff to ensure a high rate of student participation.
Detailed information about the school coordinator’s responsibilities will be sent at the beginning of the school year.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is authorized to conduct NAEP by the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. §9622) and to collect students’ education records from education agencies or institutions for the purposes of evaluating federally supported education programs under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(3)(iii) and 99.35). All of the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about participants. Electronic submission of participant’s information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. The collected information will be combined across respondents to produce statistical reports.
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NAEP 2025 in Your School
Ages 9 and 17 Long-Term Trend
Sidebar Page One
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an essential measurement of student achievement in the United States.
First administered in 1969, NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, and U.S. history.
The schools and students participating in NAEP represent schools and students across the country.
NAEP is considered the gold standard of assessments because of its high technical quality. From developing frameworks and questions to the reporting of results, NAEP represents the best thinking of assessment and content specialists, state education staff, and teachers from around the nation.
NAEP is a common measure of academic progress across the nation and over time. The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
Body Page One
In 2025, NAEP will be administered via paper and pencil in mathematics and reading to a sample of
9-year-old students between January 6 and March 14, 2025; and
17-year-old students between March 17 and May 23, 2025.
NAEP long-term trend assessments measure student performance in mathematics and reading and allow the performance of today’s students to be compared with students since the early 1970s. Students will also be asked to complete a survey questionnaire to provide a better understanding of factors that may be related to students’ learning. There will be no teacher questionnaire, but a school questionnaire will be administered via paper-and-pencil to gather information about school policies and characteristics.
Results will be released for the nation. NAEP results are used by teachers, principals, parents/guardians, policymakers, and researchers to assess students’ progress in various subject areas and develop ways to improve education in the United States.
What is involved?
Participating students will complete subject-area questions in mathematics or reading. Each student will be assessed in one subject only. It takes approximately 90 minutes for students to complete the paper-based assessment, including transition time, directions, and completion of a survey questionnaire. A broad range of accommodations are provided for students with disabilities and English learners.
For more information about NAEP long-term trend assessments, visit www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt.
Body Page Two
It’s important to know...
Who will be responsible for coordinating and administering NAEP?
Your NAEP State Coordinator, NAEP representatives, and school staff will work together to coordinate and administer the assessment. You will need to assign a member of your school’s staff to serve as the school coordinator and be the primary contact for the assessment. This person should be
familiar with how students participate in statewide assessments; and
comfortable using a computer to collect and enter student information online.
The NAEP State Coordinator works at your state department of education and will be responsible for
working with schools to confirm the assessment date;
communicating with principals about the importance of NAEP and student participation;
providing schools with instructions for preparing a list of 9- and/or 17-year-old students and information about notifying parents/guardians of participating students;
providing guidance for including students with disabilities and English learners; and
responding to questions from the school community throughout the assessment period.
NAEP representatives employed by a U.S. Department of Education contractor to work directly with schools will be responsible for
selecting a random sample of students from the school list of 9- and/or 17-year-old students;
verifying information that the school coordinator has provided via the Assessment Management System (AMS) website, which will serve as the primary resource and action center throughout the NAEP assessment process;
working with the school coordinator to finalize assessment logistics;
bringing all assessment materials to the school on the scheduled day; and
administering the assessment.
Each principal will be responsible for
assigning a school staff member to serve as school coordinator;
including the NAEP assessment date on the school calendar;
empowering the designated school coordinator to work with the NAEP representative and NAEP State Coordinator to prepare for the assessment; and
informing school staff and students about NAEP and why student participation is critically important.
The school coordinator will be responsible for
confirming the scheduled assessment date with the NAEP State Coordinator;
registering for the AMS website and providing information about the school;
if requested, overseeing the submission of an electronic list of 9- and/or 17-year-old students;
using the AMS website to prepare for the assessment;
notifying parents/guardians of the assessment (more information will be provided on how to complete this task);
communicating with the NAEP representative and participating in an Assessment Planning Meeting via video conference to finalize assessment preparations;
reserving space for the assessment, including room(s) and desks or tables; and
collaborating with school staff to ensure a high rate of student participation.
Detailed information about the school coordinator’s responsibilities will be sent at the beginning of the school year.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is authorized to conduct NAEP by the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. §9622) and to collect students’ education records from education agencies or institutions for the purposes of evaluating federally supported education programs under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(3)(iii) and 99.35). All of the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about participants. Electronic submission of participant’s information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. The collected information will be combined across respondents to produce statistical reports.
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NAEP in Your Private School 2024–2025
Long-Term Trend, Ages 9, 13, and 17
Page 1 Sidebar:
What is NAEP?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an essential measurement of student achievement in the United States.
First administered in 1969, NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s public and private school students know and can do in various subjects.
The schools and students participating in NAEP make an important contribution by representing other schools and students across the country.
NAEP is a common measure of academic progress across the nation and over time. The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
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Why participate in NAEP?
Participation in NAEP gives private schools a voice in the national conversation about education. Your school has been selected to represent other private schools across the nation.
Schools, students, and teachers who participate in NAEP enable The Nation’s Report Card to provide more inclusive representation of what our nation’s students know and can do in key subject areas. NAEP has historically demonstrated over time and across subjects that students in private schools on average outperform students in public schools. It is vital that all selected students participate to accurately capture private school student progress.
For more information, watch The Importance of Private School Participation in NAEP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQib9AjV9EI.
How will NAEP 2024–2025 be administered in your school?
From October 2024 through May 2025, NAEP field staff will administer the long-term trend assessments in mathematics and reading in public and private schools across the country. Long-term trend (LTT) results can be linked to NAEP assessments first administered in the early 1970s, allowing us to measure progress over a span of more than 50 years. The age samples for long-term trend assessments are 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds. The assessment window for each age group is as follows:
Age 13: October 7–December 13, 2024
Age 9: January 6–March 14, 2025
Age 17: March 17–May 23, 2025
[The following three questions and answers each appear inside their own word-bubble graphic]
What subjects will students be assessed in?
One subject per student
mathematics or reading
How will the assessment be conducted?
Paper-and-pencil assessment
How long will the assessment take?
About 90 minutes including
transition, directions, and questionnaire
Students will also complete a survey questionnaire that provide valuable information about their educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and outside the classroom.
In addition to the student questionnaire, the school administrator will also be asked to complete a paper-based questionnaire. This questionnaire covers topics such as teacher training and school policies and provides valuable information for education stakeholders who need to gain a better picture of student performance.
[Large quote at top of page 2]
“The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) strongly encourages private schools to participate in NAEP, an essential measure of student achievement in the United States.”
Michael Schuttloffel
Executive Director, CAPE
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What are the responsibilities of the principal and school coordinator?
The principal is responsible for
including the NAEP assessment date on the school calendar;
designating a school coordinator to work with NAEP representatives and prepare for the assessment;
informing school staff about NAEP and why participation is critically important; and
completing the school questionnaire.
The school coordinator is responsible for
confirming that the suggested assessment date works with the school calendar;
reserving space for the assessment;
providing a list of eligible students from which a random sample will be selected for participation in the assessment (student and school names will not be included in any reports)*;
informing parents/guardians about the assessment;
completing preassessment activities with guidance and support from NAEP representatives; and
ensuring that students attend the session on the assessment date.
NAEP representatives will take care of everything else related to preparing for and conducting the assessment.
For more information about NAEP visit
Program overview http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/
Private school participation https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx
NAEP – Giving Private Schools a Voice in the National Conversation
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* National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is authorized to conduct NAEP by the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. §9622) and to collect students’ education records from education agencies or institutions for the purposes of evaluating federally supported education programs under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(3)(iii) and 99.35). All of the information provided by participants may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about participants. Electronic submission of participant’s information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. The collected information will be combined across respondents to produce statistical reports.
Appendix D-14: NAEP 2025 LTT Sample Endorsement Letters (Approved v.32)
NAEP 2024–2025 Sample Endorsement Letter
From Council for American Private Education (CAPE) to Private School Administrator
Red text should be customized and letter should be finalized on CAPE letterhead
Spring 2024
Dear Administrator:
I am writing to encourage you to participate in the 2024–2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). CAPE considers NAEP an essential measure of student achievement in the United States.
Private schools represent about 24 percent of schools in the nation and educate about 9 percent of all students. Your school’s participation will help make it possible for private school data to be reported and contributes to the picture of education across the nation and future policy decisions.
NAEP data have historically shown, across subjects and over time, that students in private schools on average score higher than students in public schools. With your support, private schools can achieve excellent participation, and private school results can be reported.
NAEP is different from other assessments.
NAEP is administered at no cost to schools.
NAEP representatives provide significant support to schools and will bring in all necessary materials and equipment to administer the assessment.
Data collected from participating schools and students are combined for reporting. Because the burden on individual students and schools is far shorter than typical large scale assessment programs, NAEP is not designed to report results at the school or student level.
For the benefit of the private school community and to provide the most accurate information about student achievement in the United States, I strongly urge you to participate.
More information about private school participation in NAEP can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx.
If you have questions about NAEP, please contact [private school organization contact person and contact information] OR [NAEP Private School Recruiter, Contact Information].
Sincerely,
[Name]
Council for American Private Education
Title
NAEP 2024–2025 Sample Endorsement Letter
From Private School Organization to Non-Religious Private School Administrator
Red text should be customized and letter should be finalized on organization letterhead
Spring 2024
Dear Administrator:
I am writing to encourage you to participate in the 2024–2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Your school’s participation in NAEP is an opportunity to help make it possible for private school data to be reported and compared with public school data.
First administered in 1969, NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative measure of student achievement in private and public school across the country.
NAEP is different from other assessments.
NAEP is administered at no cost to schools.
NAEP representatives provide significant support to schools and will bring in all necessary materials and equipment to administer the assessment.
Data collected from participating schools and students are combined for reporting. Because the burden on individual students and schools is far shorter than typical large scale assessment programs, NAEP is not designed to report results at the school or student level.
By participating in NAEP 2024–2025, your school will contribute to the picture of education across the nation and future policy decisions.
For the benefit of the private school community and to provide the most accurate information about student achievement in the United States, I strongly urge you to participate.
More information about private school participation in NAEP can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx.
If you have questions about NAEP, please contact [private school organization contact person and contact information] OR [NAEP Private School Recruiter, Contact Information].
Sincerely,
[Name]
Private School Organization
Title
NAEP 2024–2025 Sample Endorsement Letter
From Private School Organization to Religious Private School Administrator
Red text should be customized and letter should be finalized on organization letterhead
Spring 2024
Dear Administrator:
I am writing to encourage you to participate in the 2024–2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Your school’s participation in NAEP is an opportunity to help make it possible for private school data to be reported and compared with public school data.
First administered in 1969, NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative measure of student achievement in private and public schools across the country.
NAEP is different from other assessments.
NAEP is administered at no cost to schools.
NAEP representatives provide significant support to schools and will bring in all necessary materials and equipment to administer the assessment.
Data collected from participating schools and students are combined for reporting. Because the burden on individual students and schools is far shorter than typical large scale assessment programs, NAEP is not designed to report results at the school or student level.
By participating in NAEP 2024–2025, your school will contribute to the picture of education across the nation and future policy decisions.
For the benefit of the private school community and to provide the most accurate information about student achievement in the United States, I strongly urge you to participate. Participation in NAEP can become one of your building blocks for motivating students to contribute to the greater good as they model productive and faith-based lives.
More information about private school participation in NAEP can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/private_nonpublic.aspx.
If you have questions about NAEP, please contact [private school organization contact person and contact information] OR [NAEP Private School Recruiter, Contact Information].
Sincerely,
[Name]
Private School Organization
Title
Appendix D-15: NAEP 2025 LTT Age 13 Instructions for Importing a Student Excel file (Approved v.32)
Instructions for Preparing and Importing a Student Excel file
Requirements
NAEP needs a complete Excel file of students enrolled during the 2024–2025 school year for the selected age group at your school.
Prepare and submit a separate Excel file of all students in your school with birthdates between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011.
Students may be in any grade. However, we expect most students to be in the following grades: 6, 7, 8, and 9.
NAEP uses this student list to draw a random sample of students to participate in the assessment. Include all students in the selected age group, even students who are typically excluded from other testing programs, such as students with disabilities who have IEPs (SD) and English Learners (EL), and students participating in virtual/remote learning.
NAEP recommends using a Student List Template, which is available on the Assessment Management System website. If you create your own Excel file, use the same or similar header names. If you cannot submit your student data in an Excel file, contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS].
The Excel file must contain the following information for each student:
Excel Header Name |
Format |
Notes |
State unique Student ID |
Numeric |
If available, do not use Social Security Numbers. |
First name |
Text |
Recommendation: If possible, include first and last names in separate columns. NAEP accepts names stored in a single column, which requires answering questions to determine how names are ordered/formatted. |
Last name |
Text |
|
Middle name or initial optional |
Text |
|
Grade in School |
Numeric |
Include all students with birthdates between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011. Expected grades are 6, 7, 8, and 9. |
Homeroom/other locator optional |
Text or Numeric |
Optional, include if available. |
Month of Birth |
Numeric |
Recommendation: If possible, include month and year of birth in separate columns. NAEP accepts birthdates in a single column too. Include all students with a 2011 year of birth. |
Year of Birth |
Numeric |
|
Gender |
School-defined code |
Map school-defined codes to NAEP definitions. See pages 2-4. |
Race/Ethnicity |
School-defined code |
|
Economically Disadvantaged |
School-defined code |
|
Students with Disabilities (SD) |
School-defined code |
|
English Learner (EL) |
School-defined code |
|
On-Break Indicator for all -year schools ONLY (schools without a summer break) |
School-defined code |
Only required for year-round schools |
ZIP Code |
Numeric |
5 or 9 digit format |
NAEP Codes and Definitions
You will need to map your file’s school-defined codes to NAEP’s definitions for the following variables: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Economically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities (SD), English Learner (EL). See NAEP definitions below.
Gender
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Male
Female
Nonbinary: A student who does not identify exclusively as male or female.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
NAEP offers three student list
templates to accommodate different race/ethnicity formats. Your
NAEP State Coordinator has designated the preferred template for
your state. See the Downloads section of Step 1 Import Students.
Race/ethnicity
in one column – Use when all race/ethnicity information
is included in a single column.
Race/ethnicity
in two columns – Use when ethnicity (Hispanic, of any
race) is included in a single column. Other race information is
included in a separate column.
Race/ethnicity
in six columns – Use when each of the six categories
below have a dedicated column: Hispanic (of any race), White (not
Hispanic), Black or African American (not Hispanic), Asian (not
Hispanic), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic), and
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (not Hispanic). Responses from
these six categories will determine the Two or More Races, not
Hispanic category.
NAEP
accepts race/ethnicity information in other formats. The formats
above are the most common.
Race/Ethnicity
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Hispanic, of any race: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish (but not Portuguese) culture of origin, regardless of race
White, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe (except Spain), North Africa, or the Middle East
Black or African American, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the Black peoples of Africa
Asian, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, Japan, India, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original people of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands
Two or More Races, not Hispanic: A person who identifies with two or more of the non-Hispanic categories above
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date
School does not collect this information: Available to nonpublic schools only. When used, this code must be applied to all students
Economically Disadvantaged
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Yes, economically disadvantaged
No, not economically disadvantaged
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
English Learner (EL)
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Yes, EL
No, Not EL
No, Formerly EL: If a student who has achieved full English proficiency, is monitored, and is included in EL subgroup for accountability reporting for 2 years (or 4 years depending on state policy) after exiting. Public schools, contact your NAEP State Coordinator if you have any questions about using this code.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
On-Break Indicator
For year-round schools only: Include students who will be on break/vacation on the scheduled assessment day along with all of the other students born in 2011. The Student List Template contains an “On Break” column for identifying students who will be on break/vacation by filling in “Yes.” If you are not using the template, create and provide data for an “On Break” column in your file.
Instructions for importing the student list
See the steps below for importing the student list.
Step 1: Prepare the Excel file and a legend
The legend should explain the file’s codes. The following NAEP variables involve school-defined codes:
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
Economically Disadvantaged
Students with Disabilities (SD)
English Learner (EL)
In the example below, a school uses five different codes for the Students with Disabilities variable. The legend explains how to “map” school codes to NAEP definitions.
Step 2: Check your file, then upload
Prevent upload failures by resolving these common problems first.
Student records should be in one worksheet. Delete all other worksheets.
File should include all currently enrolled students born in 2011. Delete any students that do not have a 2011 birthdate.
Include all required NAEP variables (see page 1 for full list). The following cannot be blank for any students: first name, last name, birth month/year, grade, and gender. Blanks for other variables are acceptable, you will add missing information later.
Check for duplicate students. Delete any duplicate student rows.
Header row for each required variable must be in row 1.
Blank rows should begin after the last student record. Delete blank rows between students.
Remove password protection. NAEP cannot process protected files.
Go to the Import Student List section on your school’s AMS page. Select Upload file.
Step 3: Map file contents
Use the completed legend for this step. The legend explains how to map each variable.
Map your file’s column headings to NAEP variables. This step is done automatically if you use NAEP’s Excel template or the same variable/header row names.
The field names used by your database system may not have the same names as the NAEP variable. In this case, match the names of your columns to the names of the NAEP variables.
Map your school’s codes to NAEP definitions. In the repeated example below, the school code “IEP” is mapped to NAEP’s definition “Yes, IEP”, and so on.
Step 4: Check warnings
Information from the student list runs through a series of checks.
Review warnings. NAEP compares the student list against two databases: previous NAEP assessments and Common Core of Data. Common Core of Data (CCD) is the Department of Education’s primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. These comparisons generate warnings to ensure demographics in the student list are accurate. Warnings serve as prompts to review and confirm existing information, and do not always require changes to the student list. There are additional warnings that identify missing information and possible mapping problems.
Resolve warnings. Some warnings are resolved by adding missing information or editing existing information. Others require a review of how file contents are mapped, and possible changes if the mapping is incorrect.
Step 5: Confirm file
Review student counts and percentages for each variable in your file. This summary serves as a final check before submitting the file. Make sure these counts and percentages are representative of age 13 students at your school.
Appendix D-16: NAEP 2025 LTT Age 9 Instructions for Importing a Student Excel file (Approved v.32)
Instructions for Preparing and Importing a Student Excel file
Requirements
NAEP needs a complete Excel file of students enrolled during the 2024–2025 school year for the selected age group at your school.
Prepare and submit a separate Excel file of all students in your school with birthdates between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2015.
Students may be in any grade. However, we expect most students to be in the following grades: 2, 3, 4, and 5.
NAEP uses this student list to draw a random sample of students to participate in the assessment. Include all students in the selected age group, even students who are typically excluded from other testing programs, such as students with IEPs (SD) and English Learners (EL), and students participating in virtual/remote learning.
NAEP recommends using a Student List Template, which is available on the Assessment Management System website. If you create your own Excel file, use the same or similar header names. If you cannot submit your student data in an Excel file, contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or [INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS].
The Excel file must contain the following information for each student:
Excel Header Name |
Format |
Notes |
State unique Student ID |
Numeric |
If available, do not use Social Security Numbers. |
First name |
Text |
Recommendation: If possible, include first and last names in separate columns. NAEP accepts names stored in a single column, which requires answering questions to determine how names are ordered/formatted. |
Last name |
Text |
|
Middle name or initial optional |
Text |
|
Grade in School |
Numeric |
Include all students with birthdates between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2015. Expected grades are 2, 3, 4, and 5. |
Homeroom/other locator optional |
Text or Numeric |
Optional, include if available. |
Month of Birth |
Numeric |
Recommendation: If possible, include month and year of birth in separate columns. NAEP accepts birthdates in a single column too. Include all students with a 2015 year of birth. |
Year of Birth |
Numeric |
|
Gender |
School-defined code |
Map school-defined codes to NAEP definitions. See pages 2-4. |
Race/Ethnicity |
School-defined code |
|
Economically Disadvantaged |
School-defined code |
|
Students with Disabilities (SD) |
School-defined code |
|
English Learner (EL) |
School-defined code |
|
On-Break Indicator for all -year schools ONLY (schools without a summer break) |
School-defined code |
Only required for year-round schools |
ZIP Code |
Numeric |
5 or 9 digit format |
NAEP Codes and Definitions
You will need to map your file’s school-defined codes to NAEP’s definitions for the following variables: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Economically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities (SD), English Learner (EL). See NAEP definitions below.
Gender
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Male
Female
Nonbinary: A student who does not identify exclusively as male or female.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
NAEP offers three student list
templates to accommodate different race/ethnicity formats. Your
NAEP State Coordinator has designated the preferred template for
your state. See the Downloads section of Step 1 Import Students.
Race/ethnicity
in one column – Use when all race/ethnicity information
is included in a single column.
Race/ethnicity
in two columns – Use when ethnicity (Hispanic, of any
race) is included in a single column. Other race information is
included in a separate column.
Race/ethnicity
in six columns – Use when each of the six categories
below have a dedicated column: Hispanic (of any race), White (not
Hispanic), Black or African American (not Hispanic), Asian (not
Hispanic), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic), and
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (not Hispanic). Responses from
these six categories will determine the Two or More Races, not
Hispanic category.
NAEP
accepts race/ethnicity information in other formats. The formats
above are the most common.
Race/Ethnicity
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Hispanic, of any race: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish (but not Portuguese) culture of origin, regardless of race
White, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe (except Spain), North Africa, or the Middle East
Black or African American, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the Black peoples of Africa
Asian, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, Japan, India, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original people of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands
Two or More Races, not Hispanic: A person who identifies with two or more of the non-Hispanic categories above.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
School does not collect this information: Available to nonpublic schools only. When used, this code must be applied to all students.
Economically Disadvantaged
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Yes, economically disadvantaged
No, not economically disadvantaged
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
English Learner (EL)
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Yes, EL
No, Not EL
No, Formerly EL: If a student who has achieved full English proficiency, is monitored, and is included in EL subgroup for accountability reporting for 2 years (or 4 years depending on state policy) after exiting. Public schools, contact your NAEP State Coordinator if you have any questions about using this code.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
On-Break Indicator
For year-round schools only: Include students who will be on break/vacation on the scheduled assessment day along with all of the other students born in 2015. The Student List Template contains an “On Break” column for identifying students who will be on break/vacation by filling in “Yes.” If you are not using the template, create and provide data for an “On Break” column in your file.
Instructions for importing the student list
See the steps below for importing the student list.
Step 1: Prepare the Excel file and a legend
The legend should explain the file’s codes. The following NAEP variables involve school-defined codes:
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
Economically Disadvantaged
Students with Disabilities (SD)
English Learner (EL)
In the example below, a school uses five different codes for the Students with Disabilities variable. The legend explains how to “map” school codes to NAEP definitions.
Step 2: Check your file, then upload
Prevent upload failures by resolving these common problems first.
Student records should be in one worksheet. Delete all other worksheets.
File should include all currently enrolled students born in 2015. Delete any students that do not have a 2015 birthdate.
Include all required NAEP variables (see page 1 for full list). The following cannot be blank for any students: first name, last name, birth month/year, grade, and gender. Blanks for other variables are acceptable, you will add missing information later.
Check for duplicate students. Delete any duplicate student rows.
Header row for each required variable must be in row 1.
Blank rows should begin after the last student record. Delete blank rows between students.
Remove password protection. NAEP cannot process protected files.
Go to the Import Student List section on your school’s AMS page. Select Upload file.
Step 3: Map file contents
Use the completed legend for this step. The legend explains how to map each variable.
Map your file’s column headings to NAEP variables. This step is done automatically if you use NAEP’s Excel template or the same variable/header row names.
The field names used by your database system may not have the same names as the NAEP variable. In this case, match the names of your columns to the names of the NAEP variables.
Map your school’s codes to NAEP definitions. In the repeated example below, the school code “IEP” is mapped to NAEP’s definition “Yes, IEP”, and so on.
Step 4: Check warnings
Information from the student list runs through a series of checks.
Review warnings. NAEP compares the student list against two databases: previous NAEP assessments and Common of Core Data. Common Core of Data (CCD) is the Department of Education’s primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. These comparisons generate warnings to ensure demographics in the student list are accurate. Warnings serve as prompts to review and confirm existing information, and do not always require changes to the student list. There are additional warnings that identify missing information and possible mapping problems.
Resolve warnings. Some warnings are resolved by adding missing information or editing existing information. Others require a review of how file contents are mapped, and possible changes if the mapping is incorrect.
Step 5: Confirm file
Review student counts and percentages for each variable in your file. This summary serves as a final check before submitting the file. Make sure these counts and percentages are representative of age 9 students at your school.
Appendix D-17: NAEP 2025 LTT Inclusion Policies (Approved v.32)
State
NAEP
2024–2025 Long-Term Trend Inclusion Policy
Ages 9, 13, and 17 Mathematics and Reading
English Learners (EL)
The State Department of Education expects that most English learners will be included on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Only English learners who have been enrolled in U.S. schools for less than one (1) full academic year before the NAEP assessment and cannot access NAEP may be excluded from any NAEP assessment. All other English learners should participate in NAEP with or without NAEP accommodations. If you have questions about the NAEP accommodations, please contact NSC name, NAEP State Coordinator at email address or phone number.
Several accommodations provided on the State assessments are not necessary for the NAEP assessments because they are available for all students through universal design elements. The chart below is divided into two sections: (1) universal design elements that will be available to all students and (2) accommodations. NAEP accommodations are only allowed for English learners. The person most knowledgeable about the student’s English language proficiency should determine how the student should be included on NAEP.
Please keep in mind that NAEP does not produce results for individual students or schools, unlike state assessments. In other words, the NAEP assessments do not impose consequences for the student or the school and are instead intended purely to provide a picture of educational performance and progress.
Please note all assessments are not the same and are developed to measure specific constructs. Therefore, NAEP may not allow or support all accessibility features and accommodations of the state assessments. The following are the expectations for inclusion on NAEP:
For reading: read aloud occasional or most or all is not allowed on the NAEP assessment. The NAEP Long-Term Trend (LTT) reading assessment measures reading comprehension by asking students to read passages written in English and to answer questions about what they have read. Because this is an assessment of reading comprehension and not listening comprehension, NAEP does not allow passages or items to be read aloud to students as testing accommodations.
For reading: bilingual dictionaries (in any language) are not allowed on the NAEP assessment, because the NAEP LTT reading assessment measures reading comprehension in English.
Students who receive multiple-day testing on the state assessments should take the NAEP assessments in 1 day with breaks as needed. NAEP is much shorter than the state assessments, so multiple-day testing is not supported. Students complete three 15-minute sections in mathematics or reading and a 5-minute student questionnaire on student experiences inside and outside of the classroom.
Graphic organizers are not allowed on the NAEP assessment.
NAEP Universal Design Elements for English Learners (EL) Ages 9, 13, & 17 Math and Reading Paper-and-Pencil Assessments |
||
Universal Design Element |
Subject |
Description |
Marks/Writes Directly in Test Book |
Math Reading |
All students write directly in the test book. NAEP does not have Scantron or bubble sheets. |
Directions Explained/Clarified |
Math Reading |
Student can raise their hand at any time and ask the test administrator to clarify or explain directions. |
Scratch Paper |
Math Reading |
Administrators inform students that they can use the white space in the test booklet as scratch paper. |
NAEP Accommodations for English Learners (EL) Ages 9, 13, & 17 Math and Reading Paper-and-Pencil Assessments |
||
Accommodation |
Subject |
Description |
Extended Time |
Math Reading |
Student is given up to three times (3X) the allotted time to complete the assessment.
|
Small Group |
Math Reading |
Group includes no more than five students. A student can be assigned to a small group session because:
|
One-on-One |
Math Reading |
Student is assessed individually in an area free of distractions. |
Read Aloud in English–Directions Only |
Math Reading |
General directions (the same for all students) and/or subject-specific directions are read aloud, repeated, or reworded in any way in English so that the student understands what to do.
|
Read Aloud in English–Occasional |
Math |
Student may request to have words, phrases, or sentences read aloud in English. |
Read Aloud in English–Most or All |
Math |
Student may request to have most or all of the assessment read aloud in English. |
Accommodation |
Subject |
Description |
Breaks During Test |
Math Reading |
Student is allowed to take breaks as requested or at predetermined intervals during the assessment. This could also mean that the student can take the assessment in more than one sitting during a single day. |
Use Computer/Tablet to Respond |
Math Reading |
Student records answers using a computer or tablet provided by the school. |
Familiar Person Present or Administer the Test |
Math Reading |
School staff member familiar to the student must be present during the assessment or administer the test. |
Uses Template |
Math Reading |
Provided by the school.
|
Special Equipment |
Math Reading |
Provided by the school.
|
Preferential Seating |
Math Reading |
Provided by the school.
|
Cueing to Stay on Task |
Math Reading |
Provided by a school staff member.
|
Bilingual Dictionary (in any language) |
Math |
A handheld electronic or hardcopy bilingual dictionary provided by the school in any language that contains English translations of words but does not contain definitions.
|
General Directions Only Read Aloud in Spanish |
Math Reading |
The general session script instructions are read aloud in Spanish. Session script is the same for all students. |
Spanish/English Version of the Test |
Math Not Provided for Age 17 |
Spanish/English version of the booklet.
|
Test Items Read Aloud in Spanish |
Math Not Provided for Age 17 |
Student may request to have words, phrases, or sentences read aloud in Spanish.
|
Other (specify) |
Math Reading |
Any accommodation not listed above. Please check with your NAEP State Coordinator to see if other accommodations are allowed on NAEP. |
State
NAEP
2024–2025 Long-Term Trend Inclusion Policy
Ages 9, 13, and 17 Mathematics and Reading
Students with Disabilities (SD)
The State Department of Education expects that most students with disabilities will be included on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Only students who meet (or met) participation criteria for the Name of Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards may be excluded from any NAEP assessment. All other students with disabilities should participate in NAEP with or without NAEP accommodations. If you have questions about the NAEP accommodations, please contact NSC name, NAEP State Coordinator at email address or phone number.
Several accommodations provided on the State assessments are not necessary for the NAEP assessments because they are available for all students through universal design elements. The chart below is divided into two sections: (1) universal design elements that will be available to all students, and (2) accommodations. NAEP accommodations are only allowed for a student on an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Section 504 Plan. The person most knowledgeable about the student’s disability should determine how the student should be included on NAEP.
Please keep in mind that NAEP does not produce results for individual students or schools, unlike the state assessments. In other words, the NAEP assessments do not impose consequences for the student or the school and are instead intended purely to provide a picture of educational performance and progress.
Please note all assessments are not the same and are developed to measure specific constructs. Therefore, NAEP may not allow or provide all accessibility features and accommodations of the state assessments. The following are the expectations for inclusion on NAEP:
For mathematics: calculator, manipulatives, and multiplication charts are not allowed on the NAEP assessment. The NAEP Long-Term Trend (LTT) mathematics assessment measures the ability to carry out mathematic computations using paper and pencil.
For reading: read aloud occasional or most or all is not allowed on the NAEP assessment. The NAEP LTT reading assessment measures reading comprehension by asking students to read passages written in English and to answer questions about what they have read. Because this is an assessment of reading comprehension and not listening comprehension, NAEP does not allow passages or items to be read aloud to students as testing accommodations.
Students who receive multiple-day testing on the state assessments should take the NAEP assessments in 1 day with breaks as needed. NAEP is much shorter than the state assessments, so multiple-day testing is not supported. Students complete three 15-minute sections in mathematics or reading and a 5-minute student questionnaire on student experiences inside and outside of the classroom.
Graphic organizers are not allowed on the NAEP assessment.
NAEP Universal Design Elements for Students with Disabilities (SD) Ages 9, 13 & 17 Math and Reading Paper-and-Pencil Assessments |
||
Universal Design Element |
Subject |
Description |
Marks/Writes Directly in Test Book |
Math Reading |
All students write directly in the test book. NAEP does not have Scantron or bubble sheets. |
Directions Explained/Clarified |
Math Reading |
Student can raise their hand at any time and ask the test administrator to clarify or explain directions. |
Scratch Paper |
Math Reading |
Administrators inform students that they can use the white space in the test booklet as scratch paper. |
NAEP Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (SD) Ages 9, 13 & 17 Math and Reading Paper-and-Pencil Assessments |
||
Accommodation |
Subject |
Description |
Extended Time |
Math Reading |
Student is given up to three times (3X) the allotted time to complete the assessment.
|
Small Group |
Math Reading |
Group includes no more than five students. A student can be assigned to a small group session because:
|
One-on-One |
Math Reading |
Student is assessed individually in an area free of distractions. |
Read Aloud in English–Directions Only |
Math Reading |
General directions (the same for all students) and/or subject-specific directions are read aloud, repeated, or reworded in any way in English so that the student understands what to do.
|
Read Aloud in English–Occasional |
Math |
Student may request to have words, phrases, or sentences read aloud in English. |
Read Aloud in English–Most or All |
Math |
Student may request to have most or all of the assessment read aloud in English. |
Accommodation |
Subject |
Description |
Breaks During Test |
Math Reading |
Student is allowed to take breaks as requested or at predetermined intervals during the assessment. This could also mean that the student can take the assessment in more than one sitting during a single day. |
Use Computer/Tablet to Respond |
Math Reading |
Student records answers using a computer or tablet provided by the school. |
Familiar Person Present or Administer the Test |
Math Reading |
School staff member familiar to the student must be present during the assessment or administer the test. |
Scribe |
Math Reading |
Scribe provided by the school. Student responds orally or by pointing to their answers to a scribe who records the student’s responses in the booklet. |
Large Print Version of the Test |
Math Reading |
NAEP provides large-print booklets to visually impaired students.
|
Magnification Equipment |
Math Reading |
Lens or system provided by the school that enhance visual function. Magnification devices include:
|
Uses Template |
Math Reading |
Provided by the school.
|
Special Equipment |
Math Reading |
Provided by the school.
|
Preferential Seating |
Math Reading |
Provided by the school.
|
Cueing to Stay on Task |
Math Reading |
Provided by a school staff member.
|
Accommodation |
Subject |
Description |
Braille Version of the Test |
Math Reading |
A paper-based embossed Braille form. NAEP uses contracted Unified English Braille (UEB) for all subjects. For the mathematics assessment, NAEP uses UEB plus Nemeth.
|
Directions Only Presented in Sign Language |
Math Reading |
A qualified sign language interpreter provided by the school signs the instructions included in the session script. |
Presentation in Sign Language |
Math |
A qualified sign language interpreter provided by the school signs the instructions included in the session script and some or all of the test questions or answer choices for the student. |
Response in Sign Language |
Math Reading |
Student signs their responses to a scribe provided by the school who records the student’s responses in the booklet (select Scribe accommodation). |
Other (specify) |
Math Reading |
Any accommodation not listed above. Please check with your NAEP State Coordinator to see if other accommodations are allowed on NAEP. |
Appendix D-18: NAEP 2025 Translation Notice (Approved v.21)
Appendix D-19: NAEP 2025 Private School Recruitment Video Storyboards (New)
Video Title: NAEP is Supported by Many Private School Organizations
Screen # |
Narrated Text |
Description of Screen |
1 |
The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as NAEP, or The Nation’s Report Card, is supported by many private school organizations. |
NAEP logo appears on screen. |
2 |
Several organizations have provided letters of support for the NAEP 2025 assessment, including the Council for American Private Education (CAPE), the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) among many others. |
Screen shots of endorsement letters from CAPE, NCEA, NAIS, and ACSI appear on screen.
[Note, we have not yet received these letters and will customize the narrated text to match the letters we receive] |
3 |
Here is the full list of private school organizations that have provided letters of support for NAEP 2025. |
[Placeholder for full list of organizations that provide letters in 2025] |
4 |
By participating in NAEP 2025, your school will contribute to the picture of education across the nation and to future policy decisions. For more information about the importance of participation in NAEP, contact your private school organization leaders or your NAEP representative. |
A map of the United States with education icons popping out of various locations in the map |
5 |
NAEP, giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation. |
NAEP, giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation. |
Video Title: NAEP Benefits for Students, Teachers, and Schools
Screen # |
Narrated Text |
Description of Screen |
1 |
Your school has been selected to represent private schools across our nation by participating in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card. |
NAEP logo appears on screen. |
2 |
Students, teachers, and schools all benefit by participating in NAEP. |
Icons representing students, teachers, and schools |
3 |
By participating, students can receive a certificate of community service for their time spent on the NAEP assessment. |
Screen shot of community service certificate |
4 |
Students experience an engaging assessment with rich content in a low stakes environment as there are no results for individual students or schools. |
Images of students participating in the NAEP assessment |
5 |
Students that participate in NAEP contribute to improving the quality of education for all students in the United States. |
A map of the United States with education icons popping out of various locations in the map |
6 |
Teachers do not need to prepare their students to take the NAEP assessment, but make an important contribution by encouraging their students to participate and to give their best effort; this helps ensure that NAEP results provide the most accurate measure possible of student achievement across the country. |
Image of teachers supporting students in the classroom |
7 |
Teachers can also use NAEP’s free data tools such as the NAEP Questions Tool to review sample NAEP questions, see how students performed on these sample questions, and generate tests online using NAEP questions. |
Screen shot of the NAEP Questions Tool website |
8 |
Schools that participate in NAEP receive a certificate of appreciation signed by the Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics. |
Screen shot of the school certificate |
9 |
We look forward to working with you to make NAEP a success in your private school. Please reach out to your NAEP representative to discuss any participation questions. NAEP, giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation. |
Image of NAEP representatives.
NAEP, giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation. |
Video Title: Participation in NAEP is Easy
Screen # |
Narrated Text |
Description of Screen |
1 |
Your school has been selected to represent private schools across our nation by participating in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card. |
NAEP logo appears on screen. |
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In order to have a complete picture of the academic achievement and progress of the nation's private school students, selected private schools must participate in NAEP. Your school’s participation is an opportunity to help make it possible for private school data to be reported and compared with public school data. |
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Your school’s participation is important! |
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Participating in NAEP is easy and there is no cost to your school to participate. Your school has been assigned a NAEP representative who will support your school’s designated NAEP school coordinator to ensure smooth assessment day activities. NAEP representatives will work with the school coordinator to confirm that the assessment date works with the school calendar, to secure a space for the assessment to take place, and to confirm other assessment day logistics. |
Participating in NAEP is easy!
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NAEP representatives will bring in all the necessary equipment and materials and will administer the assessment to students. When the assessment is complete, NAEP representatives will pack up all the equipment and materials and return the testing location to its original condition. |
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We look forward to working with you to make NAEP a success in your private school. Please reach out to your NAEP representative to discuss any participation questions. NAEP, giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation. |
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NAEP, giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation. |
Appendix D-20: NAEP 2025 LTT Age 17 Instructions for Importing a Student Excel file (New)
Instructions for Preparing and Importing a Student Excel file
NAEP needs a complete Excel file of students enrolled during the 2024–2025 school year for the selected age group at your school.
Prepare and submit a separate Excel file of all students in your school with birthdates between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008.
Students may be in any grade. However, we expect most students to be in the following grades: 9, 10, 11, and 12.
NAEP uses this student list to draw a random sample of students to participate in the assessment. Include all students in the selected age group, even students who are typically excluded from other testing programs, such as students with disabilities who have IEPs (SD) and English Learners (EL), and students participating in virtual/remote learning.
NAEP recommends using a Student List Template, which is available on the Assessment Management System website. If you create your own Excel file, use the same or similar header names. If you cannot submit your student data in an Excel file, contact the NAEP help desk at 1-800-283-6237 or naephelp@westat.com.
The Excel file must contain the following information for each student:
Excel Header Name |
Format |
Notes |
State unique Student ID |
Numeric |
If available, do not use Social Security Numbers. |
First name |
Text |
Recommendation: If possible, include first and last names in separate columns. NAEP accepts names stored in a single column, which requires answering questions to determine how names are ordered/formatted. |
Last name |
Text |
|
Middle name or initial optional |
Text |
|
Grade in School |
Numeric |
Include all students with birthdates between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008. Expected grades are 9 - 12. |
Homeroom/other locator optional |
Text or Numeric |
Optional, include if available. |
Month of Birth |
Numeric |
Recommendation: If possible, include month and year of birth in separate columns. NAEP accepts birthdates in a single column too. Include all students born between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008. |
Year of Birth |
Numeric |
|
Gender |
School-defined code |
Map school-defined codes to NAEP definitions. See pages 2-4. |
Race/Ethnicity |
School-defined code |
|
Economically Disadvantaged |
School-defined code |
|
Students with Disabilities (SD) |
School-defined code |
|
English Learner (EL) |
School-defined code |
|
On-Break Indicator for all -year schools ONLY (schools without a summer break) |
School-defined code |
Only required for year-round schools |
ZIP Code |
Numeric |
5 or 9 digit format |
You will need to map your file’s school-defined codes to NAEP’s definitions for the following variables: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Economically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities (SD), English Learner (EL). See NAEP definitions below.
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Male
Female
Nonbinary: A student who does not identify exclusively as male or female.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
NAEP offers three student list
templates to accommodate different race/ethnicity formats. Your
NAEP State Coordinator has designated the preferred template for
your state. See the Downloads section of Step 1 Import Students. Race/ethnicity
in one column – Use when all race/ethnicity information
is included in a single column.
Race/ethnicity
in two columns – Use when ethnicity (Hispanic, of any
race) is included in a single column. Other race information is
included in a separate column. Race/ethnicity
in six columns – Use when each of the six categories
below have a dedicated column: Hispanic (of any race), White (not
Hispanic), Black or African American (not Hispanic), Asian (not
Hispanic), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic), and
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (not Hispanic). Responses from
these six categories will determine the Two or More Races, not
Hispanic category. NAEP
accepts race/ethnicity information in other formats. The formats
above are the most common.
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Hispanic, of any race: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish (but not Portuguese) culture of origin, regardless of race
White, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe (except Spain), North Africa, or the Middle East
Black or African American, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the Black peoples of Africa
Asian, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, Japan, India, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original people of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands
Two or More Races, not Hispanic: A person who identifies with two or more of the non-Hispanic categories above
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date
School does not collect this information: Available to nonpublic schools only. When used, this code must be applied to all students
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Yes, economically disadvantaged
No, not economically disadvantaged
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
Map your school’s codes to the following categories.
Yes, EL
No, Not EL
No, Formerly EL: If a student who has achieved full English proficiency, is monitored, and is included in EL subgroup for accountability reporting for 2 years (or 4 years depending on state policy) after exiting. Public schools, contact your NAEP State Coordinator if you have any questions about using this code.
Information unavailable at this time: If you currently do not have this information for one or more students, blank cells or an indicator such as “N/A” (Not Available) in the cell(s) can be mapped to this code to notify your NAEP representative of the need to collect the data at a later date.
For year-round schools only: Include students who will be on break/vacation on the scheduled assessment day along with all of the other students born between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008. The Student List Template contains an “On Break” column for identifying students who will be on break/vacation by filling in “Yes.” If you are not using the template, create and provide data for an “On Break” column in your file.
Instructions for importing the student list
See the steps below for importing the student list.
Step 1: Prepare the Excel file and a legend
The legend should explain the file’s codes. The following NAEP variables involve school-defined codes:
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
Economically Disadvantaged
Students with Disabilities (SD)
English Learner (EL)
In the example below, a school uses five different codes for the Students with Disabilities variable. The legend explains how to “map” school codes to NAEP definitions.
Step 2: Check your file, then upload
Prevent upload failures by resolving these common problems first.
Student records should be in one worksheet. Delete all other worksheets.
File should include all currently enrolled students born between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008. Delete any students that were not born between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008.
Include all required NAEP variables (see page 1 for full list). The following cannot be blank for any students: first name, last name, birth month/year, grade, and gender. Blanks for other variables are acceptable, you will add missing information later.
Check for duplicate students. Delete any duplicate student rows.
Header row for each required variable must be in row 1.
Blank rows should begin after the last student record. Delete blank rows between students.
Remove password protection. NAEP cannot process protected files.
Go to the Import Student List section on your school’s AMS page. Select Upload file.
Use the completed legend for this step. The legend explains how to map each variable.
Map your file’s column headings to NAEP variables. This step is done automatically if you use NAEP’s Excel template or the same variable/header row names.
The field names used by your database system may not have the same names as the NAEP variable. In this case, match the names of your columns to the names of the NAEP variables.
Map your school’s codes to NAEP definitions. In the repeated example below, the school code “IEP” is mapped to NAEP’s definition “Yes, IEP”, and so on.
Information from the student list runs through a series of checks.
Review warnings. NAEP compares the student list against two databases: previous NAEP assessments and Common Core of Data. Common Core of Data (CCD) is the Department of Education’s primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. These comparisons generate warnings to ensure demographics in the student list are accurate. Warnings serve as prompts to review and confirm existing information, and do not always require changes to the student list. There are additional warnings that identify missing information and possible mapping problems.
Resolve warnings. Some warnings are resolved by adding missing information or editing existing information. Others require a review of how file contents are mapped, and possible changes if the mapping is incorrect.
Review student counts and percentages for each variable in your file. This summary serves as a final check before submitting the file. Make sure these counts and percentages are representative of age 17 students at your school.
Appendix D-21: NAEP 2025 LTT Assessment Day Feedback Form (School Coordinator) (New)
NAEP 2024–2025 Assessment Day Feedback Form (School Coordinator)
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Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Statement
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate federally supported education programs. All of the information you provide may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). By law, every NCES employee as well as every NCES agent, such as contractors and NAEP coordinators, has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. Electronic submission of your information will be monitored for viruses, malware, and other threats by Federal employees and contractors in accordance with the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
NCES estimates the time required to complete this information collection to average 2 minutes, including the time to review instructions and complete and review the information collection. This voluntary information collection was reviewed and approved by OMB (Control No. 1850-0928). If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate, suggestions for improving this collection, or any comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission, please write to: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th St., SW, 4th floor, Washington, DC 20202, or send an email to: nces.information.collections@ed.gov.
OMB No. 1850-0928 APPROVAL EXPIRES 2/28/2027
<Start Survey>
How satisfied were you with the overall NAEP testing day experience?
Completely satisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Somewhat unsatisfied
Completely unsatisfied
[Display if Q1 = “Somewhat unsatisfied” or “Completely unsatisfied”]: Why were you unsatisfied with your overall NAEP testing day experience? Please select all that apply.
NAEP assessment team was not prepared for assessments.
Assessment and preparations took too much time.
There were difficulties implementing accommodations.
There were difficulties finding space for the assessment.
Other (please specify) _________________
[Display if Other (please specify) is selected]: Please describe other difficulties or experiences.
Think about the contact you have had with the NAEP assessment team and the activities that took place on assessment day. Please give the NAEP assessment team an overall rating:
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor
Not enough information to rate
Did anything happen on assessment day that requires immediate attention from a supervisor of the NAEP assessment team?
Yes (please explain)
No
[Display if Q3 = “Yes”]: Please describe the situation.
Please provide any additional information you would like to share regarding the NAEP assessment at your school.
Appendix D-22: NAEP 2025 LTT School Coordinator Assessment Day Feedback Form Email (New)
Dear {School Coordinator},
Please take a few minutes to complete a short survey about the overall NAEP testing day experience for {{ School Name }}. This survey [LINK] gathers feedback and the information will help us continue to improve our administration of NAEP.
Thanks,
{NAEP Representative}
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