Cook County I.S.D. 166 will participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) testing on January 31.
NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in subjects such as civics, arts, economy, geography, mathematics, reading, science, U.S. history, technology and engineering literacy, and writing. The results of NAEP are released as The Nation’s Report Card.
Four of these subjects – mathematics, reading, science, and writing – are given and assessed most frequently and reported at the state and district level, usually for grades 4 and 8. Math and reading tests are given across the nation, state and school districts to kids in grades 4, 8 and 12.
NAEP testing allows for accommodations to students with disabilities and for English language learners. Examples of such accommodations are extended time and small-group or one-on-one administration.
Extending testing over several days is not allowed for any of the NAEP assessments because NAEP administrators are in each school only one day.
Accommodations not allowed in the reading assessment include giving the assessment in a language other than English or reading the reading passages aloud to the student.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a congressionally mandated project administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Depending on which NAEP assessment is administered, the data can be used to compare and understand the performance of demographic groups within states, nationally, between states, and in urban districts that participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) over time. Educators, policymakers, and elected officials use these results as input to improve education.
No one involved in NAEP administration keeps personal information on participants after the assessments are completed.
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