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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is also known as "the Nation's Report Card". NAEP has been conducting assessments since 1969 and is the only national assessment of what "America's students know and can do" in various subject areas. NAEP assessments follow the subject area frameworks developed by the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) and use the latest advances in assessment methodology. NAEP assessments include multiple-choice and constructed-response questions. NAEP does not report scores for individual students or schools. NAEP basis its results on a sample of students and provides data at the state and national level. NAEP is administered between late January and early March of each year. Through the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 states and districts receiving Title 1 funds are required to participate in state NAEP in reading and mathematics at grades 4 and 8 every two years. State participation in other state NAEP subjects (science and writing) remains voluntary
Link to Kentucky Profile on NAEP site
Link to Report on 2007 NAEP Mathematics and Reading Scores
Comparisons Between KCCT and NAEP: Assessment Frameworks, Item Format, Item Content, Test Administration, Scoring, and ReportingThis document produced by Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) compares key aspects of the Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) with the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) DocumentsNAEP, often referred to as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in reading, mathematics, science, writing, and other subjects. NAEP assessments are given at the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades.