A test that provides results on the levels of proficiency among various populations of students. The NAEP results are based upon representative samples of students at grades 4, 8 and 12 and long-term [..]

  A national testing program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education that tests representative samples of 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students in reading, math, science, writing and other subjects.  Known as “the nation’s report card,” NAEP provides data on achievement over time (since 1969) and [..]

An assessment program funded by the U.S. federal government to monitor the change over time in achievement of students nationally in selected grades and subject areas. Scores of individual students and schools are not reported, but those of states and various national subgroups are reported.

(NAEP) (also referred to as “the Nation’s Report Card”) — the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subject areas including [..]