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Seeking National Assessment Governing Board Members
We need you! The National Assessment Governing Board is seeking new members to help shape the Nation’s Report Card, also called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
The Board oversees NAEP and seeks candidates in the following roles. Nominees must be currently working in these roles and anticipate having standing in their category for the full four-year term:
- 12th grade teacher
- Curriculum specialist
- Business representative
- General public representative
- Testing and measurement experts (2)
- State school board member
- Local superintendent
- Chief state school officers (2)
Apply
Applications for these positions open on September 8, and the deadline to apply is November 15 at 12:01 a.m. ET.
What to Expect
- Submit a Personal Statement, Curriculum Vitae or Resume, and one to three Letters of Support. Personal Statements should be no more than one page; Curricula Vitae or Resumes should be no more than six pages; and each Letter of Support should be no more than two pages. See the full submission instructions here.
- Nominations Committee members review applications during the fall/winter 2026-2027 and make recommendations to the full Board. A slate of candidates is submitted to the U.S. Secretary of Education for consideration in the spring of 2027.
- Selected Board members will be appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Education by September 2027. Terms begin on October 1, 2027.
Apply here, beginning on September 8, or nominate a candidate to serve on the Governing Board.
About Governing Board Service
The Governing Board is an independent, nonpartisan board that determines the subjects and content NAEP assesses; sets achievement levels; hosts the release of results; and works to make the findings relevant and useful to stakeholders nationwide. Composition of the board is set in the NAEP law, and represents state and local perspectives in K-12 education.
Over the next four years, the Governing Board plans to:
- Release NAEP results in math and reading for grades 4, 8, and 12; science in grade 8; and civics in grade 8.
- Provide state-level results for participating states in new subjects and grades.
- Update the NAEP civics framework, which defines the knowledge and skills students should be able to demonstrate on the NAEP assessment, with the NAEP U.S. history framework to follow.
- Review and approve NAEP-specific content items aligned to the new civics framework.
- Implement and support Next Gen NAEP, an opportunity to modernize the NAEP program.
- Continue to make NAEP relevant and useful to the public, the media, and policymakers and decision-makers at all levels of government through outreach, op-eds, presentations, testimony, and more.
More Details
- Members of the Board can serve up to two 4-year terms. Terms begin on October 1, 2027. Board members attend quarterly board meetings, three of which are located in the Washington, DC area and one is within the continental U.S. Recent meetings locations include Houston, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; and Nashville, Tennessee.
- Board members serve on a standing committee, which typically meet at the quarterly meetings, as well as sometimes virtually between quarterly meetings. The committees are: Assessment Development Committee; Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology, Reporting and Dissemination Committee. Additionally, members can serve on the Nominations Committee; Executive Committee (comprising chairs and vice chairs of the other committees); and ad hoc committees, as needed.