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Good Teaching, Good Testing: A NAEP Overview

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Characteristics of Main NAEP

• Large-scale, nationally-representative assessment at grades 4, 8, 12; not a test for individual students
• State-level assessments in reading, mathematics, science, and writing (grades 4 & 8)
• Reading and math administered every two years at the state-level in grades 4 and 8
• Trial urban district NAEP started in 2002; continues in 2003