NAEP Vendor Confrence.pdf

NAEP Activities and Needs for 2024 and Beyond

Developing and administering NAEP requires NCES and NAEP’s contractors to work on assessment design, development, administration, and reporting activities for multiple assessments simultaneously. See below a list of some of the major activities involved in administering NAEP.

• Assessment design and development

• Sampling and weighting

• State and district support

• Data collection

• Scaling and analysis

• Scoring

• Reporting and dissemination

• Website development

• Digital assessment platform development

• Process and program support

At any given time, NAEP could be developing content and making other preparations for upcoming assessments, collecting data in schools, and reporting results. The themes for the next set of NAEP contracts include Innovation and Operational Efficiencies, Research and Development, Cost Efficiency, Industry Leadership and a Focus on the Future.

NAEP Assessment Schedule

NCES assesses mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8 every two years. Other subjects and grades are assessed periodically, as are NAEP’s long-term trend assessments and any special studies. The scope of the upcoming five-year contracts will include work on assessments from 2024 through 2029, as well as preparations for assessments in later years.

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• Reading at grades 4, 8, and 12

• Mathematics at grades 4, 8, and 12

• Science at grade 8

• Transcript studies

• Long-term trend

(ages 9, 13, and 17)

• Reading at grades 4 and 8

• Mathematics at grades 4 and 8

• Civics and U.S.

history at grade 8

• No scheduled assessments

• Reading at grades 4, 8, and 12

• Mathematics at grades 4, 8, and 12

• Science at grades 4 and 8

• Transcript studies

• Long-term trend

(ages 9, 13, and 17)

The biennial assessments in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8 include large samples that support reporting of results for the nation, states, and the large urban districts that participate in the Trial

Urban District Assessment (TUDA) program. Other subjects and grades are typically assessed with samples designed to support reporting at the national level only. However, the upcoming assessment schedule includes state and TUDA-level reporting for some of these other subjects and grades. See the full current assessment schedule at www.nagb.gov/naep/assessment-schedule.html. Also, please note that

Congress is considering legislative action to return the biennial mathematics and reading assessments to odd years. If so, this likely will move all activities for 2026 and beyond out one year.

Upcoming Contracting Opportunities with NAEP

For more information:

nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard sam.gov/opp/f0af9a5f850349adb7528dcac8ad6f3e/view

NAEP Industry August 22, 2023

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is seeking industry input on how best to organize and compete contracted activities for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various subjects. Many of NAEP’s current 5-year contracts will expire and be up for competition in 2024.

https://www.nagb.gov/naep/assessment-schedule.html https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ https://sam.gov/opp/f0af9a5f850349adb7528dcac8ad6f3e/view