The National Assessment of Educational Progress provides the only nationally representative report on student achievement in a variety of subjects. The primary means for public release of NAEP results is a printed summary report known as The Nation's Report Card. This report is also available on a dedicated website: http://nationsreportcard.gov. Both resources provide detailed information on the nature of the assessment, the demographics of the students who participate, and the assessment results.
The Nation's Report Card includes information on the performance of various subgroups of students at the national level. Subgroups for NAEP include:
Detailed data on NAEP results, demographic variables, and subject-specific background information are available via the NAEP Data Explorer on the website. Additional restricted data are available for scholarly research, subject to National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) licensing procedures.
The Nation's Report Card provides results on the performance of students in public schools in various states as well as in the NAEP Trial Urban Districts. The Trial Urban District Assessment was initiated in 2002 to report on the achievement of public school students in large urban districts. The NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment will not be administered as part of the Trial Urban District Assessment program. Results will be reported only at the national level.
