Welcome to Colorado NAEP!
The National Assessment of Educational Progress
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a.k.a. “the Nation’s Report Card,” is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America’s students know and can do in different subject areas. Its two major goals are to measure student achievement and to report change in performance over time. NAEP provides results for the nation as a whole and for the states separately. Performance is reported by groups of students, e.g. by total, by gender, by racial and ethnic groups, and by participation in special programs such as those servicing students with special needs and limited English proficiency. Each of these assessments/studies is based on a representative sample of the student population of the state and the nation and none are designed to produce individual district, school or student data.
Beginning in 2003, participation in NAEP is linked to Title I funding by the federal "No Child Left Behind" Act (see link below for legislative language). Within Colorado, NAEP will select a sample of schools to participate as described below. Colorado and its schools selected for NAEP must participate in 4th and 8th grade assessments in reading and mathematics to receive state and district Title I funding.
NAEP 2010 Assessments
Grades 4, 8 and 12 Tests in U.S. History, Civics, Geography and Writing. Mathematics Assessments only in grades 4 and 8:
· 02/01/2010 through 02/26/2010
*In May of 2009, the superintendents and DACs were notified if their schools were selected to participate.
Colorado 2009 Results
Link to the U.S. Department of Education's Initial Release Web site: http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Colorado 2007 Results
Link to the U.S. Department of Education's Initial Release Web site: http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Colorado 2005 Results
United States Department of Education NAEP Press Releases
NAEP Colorado Newsletters
Past Results for Colorado
NAEP Administration Resources
NAEP Interpretation Resources
Other Useful NAEP Resources
NAEP is
administered by the National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education • Institute of Education Sciences
For questions about the content on this page, E-Mail: Pam A. Sandoval NAEP State Coordinator