Contexts for Student Learning
NAEP Contextual Variables
Learning doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Numerous factors in students’ daily lives affect how they learn — from their classes at school, to their activities outside of school, to their interactions with their families at home.
Music and Performance: NAEP Mathematics
Female Students’ Interest in Science Careers
Student Groups for Instruction: NAEP Mathematics
Confidence in Mathematics
Reading for Fun
AP Science Enrollment by Parent Education
Four-Year College Application Rates
Black Girls in STEM: Insights From NAEP
National Assessment Governing Board member Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of the Michigan Science Center, comments on the state of STEM achievement for black girls and what we can do both inside and outside of the classroom to improve it.
NAEP gathers data from students, teachers, and schools about these factors that relate to learning. The Governing Board is committed to continuously improving the content, analysis, and reporting of these contextual variables to provide insights — for education policy and practice — on the experiences, activities, and attitudes associated with higher achievement.
Learn more about NAEP’s contextual variables, and examine the Governing Board’s research designed to tap the critical value of these data.
To see our collection of videos and infographics, many of which highlight NAEP contextual variables, visit our multimedia page.