Information for Selected Schools

If your school is participating in NAEP, the following sections will provide helpful information.

• Does Your School Participate in NAEP?
• School Selection and Participation
• NAEP in Your School
• About NAEP Assessments
• How Participating Schools Can Contact NAEP

Does Your School Participate in NAEP?

These short videos, designed for school staff and students, feature real educators sharing their thoughts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and how teachers and students can prepare to participate and excel in the program.

    
Introducing NAEP to Teachers            Introducing NAEP to Students

School Selection and Participation

The accurate and representative results produced by the NAEP assessments depend upon the enthusiastic participation of selected districts, schools, and classrooms.

• Learn how your school's participation in NAEP informs national and state education policies and practices.
• Private schools play a crucial role in national results; discover how important private schools are, and see results alongside those of public schools.
• Find out how schools and students are selected for the assessment.
• To get an idea of the impact that your school's participation will have, explore recent NAEP reports.

NAEP in Your School

NAEP works to ensure that participating in the assessment causes as little disruption as possible for teachers and students. NAEP provides a comprehensive administration system and a full complement of informational material about the assessment and its goals. On January 28 through March 8, 2013, NAEP is conducting assessments in mathematics and reading at grades 4, 8, and 12. At grade 8, there will be a pilot of the Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) assessment. There will also be a few special studies involving small numbers of schools.

• Private school information including quick access to results.
• View fact sheets developed to address questions about NAEP 2013 for districts  (92 KB) and for principals  (190 KB) 
• Understand the importance of the teacher's role  (1.2 MB) in NAEP assessments.
• An Introduction to NAEP  (1.6 MB) explains what participation in the NAEP assessment will mean for you and your students. For a quicker view, see the brochure An Overview of NAEP  (255 KB), which is also available in Spanish: Visión General de NAEP  (247 KB).
• Learn how the NAEP administration process ensures that the assessment will not overburden participating teachers or schools.
• If your school is participating in PISA, take a look at the schedule for NAEP and other NCES assessment activities.

About NAEP Assessments

The booklets below illustrate how context is provided for the assessment data.

• Sample Questions Booklets will familiarize students and their parents with the assessment structure, types of subject-area questions asked, and questions about students education-related experiences. They are provided to all participating schools and parents can see what types of questions NAEP asks in the section for parents (also for Spanish-speaking parents) on this website.
• To learn more about the information NAEP is required to collect for the purposes of federal educational research, take a look at the questionnaires for principals, teachers, and students.

Learn more about NAEP in general and find links to important features of the NAEP websites on the NAEP Overview page, and check for upcoming and recent NAEP activities.

How Participating Schools Contact NAEP

You can find answers to any additional questions you may have about scheduling, materials, or any other aspects of the assessment in several ways: 

• Consult your personalized MySchool website on MyNAEP.
• Contact the NAEP Help Desk by e-mail.
• Call 800-283-6237 (800-283-NAEP) Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.

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