NAEP study guide
NAEP · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation's Report Card, is a congressionally mandated large-scale assessment administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The NAEP study guide has 10 sections and about 2,987 words.
01NAEP Reading: Literary and Informational Comprehension
NAEP Reading, administered at grades 4, 8, and 12, measures how well students comprehend literary and informational texts. At grade 8, the framework distinguishes literary texts such as fiction, poetry, and drama from informational texts such as exposition, argument, and procedural text.
337 words, about 2 min02NAEP Mathematics: Grade 8 Content and Reasoning
NAEP Mathematics at grade 8 samples five content areas: number properties and operations; measurement; geometry; data analysis, statistics, and probability; and algebra. Items range from low to high complexity, and many ask students to explain or justify, not only compute.
312 words, about 2 min03NAEP Science: Content and Practices
NAEP Science at grade 8 assesses physical science, life science, and Earth and space sciences. Items also test science practices: identifying science principles, using principles to explain, conducting inquiry, and using technological design.
309 words, about 2 min04NAEP Writing: Purpose, Organization, and Language
NAEP Writing at grades 8 and 12 is computer-based and asks students to write for three purposes: persuasive, informative/explanatory, and narrative. Scorers judge development of ideas, organization of ideas, and language facility and conventions.
308 words, about 2 min05NAEP Arts: Creating, Performing, and Responding
NAEP Arts at grade 8 assesses music and visual arts through creating, performing in music, and responding. Students may be asked to analyze how elements and principles work in a work, describe how a performance interprets a score, or explain choices in an original composition or design.
284 words, about 1 min06NAEP Civics: Principles, Structures, and Citizens
NAEP Civics at grade 8 measures knowledge of civic life, politics, and government; the foundations of the American political system; government and constitutional democracy; and the roles of citizens. It also assesses intellectual skills such as identifying, explaining, analyzing, and evaluating.
309 words, about 2 min07NAEP Geography: Space, Place, and Human-Environment Interaction
NAEP Geography at grade 8 assesses space and place; environment and society; and spatial patterns and processes. Students also use geographic skills: asking geographic questions, acquiring information, organizing it, analyzing it, and answering the question.
268 words, about 1 min08NAEP Economics: Markets, National Economy, and Trade
NAEP Economics is assessed at grade 12 and covers the market economy, the national economy, and the international economy. Students need economic reasoning: scarcity forces choices, choices have opportunity costs, incentives shape behavior, and markets coordinate through prices.
288 words, about 1 min09NAEP U.S. History: Evidence, Chronology, and Change
History at grade 8 covers American history from the colonial period to the present, organized around change and continuity in American democracy, economic and technological change, and America in the world. Students interpret primary and secondary sources, explain cause and effect, and place events in chronological context.
284 words, about 1 min10NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy: Design and Systems
NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy at grade 8 assesses technology and society, design and systems, and information and communication technology. It also measures practices: understanding technological principles, developing solutions and achieving goals, and communicating and collaborating.
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