The latest information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) can be found here.
The home page for the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES), which manages the NAEP assessments, can be found here.
The home page of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), the independent and nonpartisan board that sets NAEP policy, can be found here.
The results from the 2022-2023 NAEP Long Term Trend Age 13 administration was released in June 2023. The results from the reading and mathematics assessments can be found here.
The NAEP 2022 Grade 8 assessment results in both Civics and U.S. History were released in May 2023. Results from the Civics assessment can be found here, while results from the U.S. History assessment can be found here.
The NAEP 2022 Grades 4 and 8 assessment results in Mathematics and Reading were released in October 2022. The mathematics assessment results can be found here, while the reading assessment results can be found here.
Five full leadership team meetings were held during the 2023-2024 year. Small group meetings were held as necessary to discuss outstanding paper awards and plan for webinars.
The leadership team was comprised of the following individuals:
The SIG leadership meetings were scheduled with the following core set of recurring topics while other relevant topics were added as appropriate.
SIG Achievements in 2023 - 2024
The Outstanding Paper Award: The NAEP Studies SIG issued its second Outstanding Paper Award in 2023-2024. The leadership team formed a committee to review five nominations and selected a winner announced at the annual AERA NAEP Studies SIG Business Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA. The winning paper was titled “Early Reading Skill Development and Characteristics of Reading Skill Profiles: Analysis of Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) and NAEP 2015 Grade 4 Reading Overlap Sample Data” by B. Jasmine Park, Mengyi Li, Xiaying Zheng, and Yuan Zhang. Dr. Park accepted the award on behalf of her colleagues and presented a summary of their work during the business meeting.
NAEP Studies SIG Sessions at AERA 2024: The work of the Program Co-Chairs resulted in a final AERA 2024 program that included a symposium, a roundtable session, and a business meeting.
NAEP Studies SIG Webinar: The members of the SIG leadership team led the effort to organize one SIG-sponsored webinar (co-sponsored with the AERA Social Studies Research SIG). The webinar was recorded and posted on the SIG’s YouTube channel.
What Can NAEP Data Tell Us about Student Knowledge in Social Studies?
During this session, the panelists provided an overview of the NAEP social studies assessments, discussed the latest results released earlier this year, and presented research findings using the NAEP social studies data. The panelists also explored connections between NAEP social studies assessments and current social studies research and discussed the significance of NAEP for social studies education.
NAEP Studies SIG Newsletter: The SIG issued a newsletter in the Spring of 2024.
The SIG Leadership team met virtually on the following dates:
The team was comprised of the following individuals:
Additionally, small workgroups met to finalize decisions as needed.
Officer Reports
Program Co-Chairs—updates on the session/paper review process and progress. establishing the AERA 2023 program for the NAEP Studies SIG including the business meeting.
Treasurer—updates on SIG finances and membership
SIG website and social media update (Facebook and LinkedIn)—Updates provided by the Webmaster
SIG Newsletter Updates
NAEP Updates (provided monthly by the Secretary who serves as a NAEP State Coordinator)
Additionally, meetings reserved time for discussing the topics listed below.
Professional learning opportunities to be sponsored by the SIG
Soliciting nominations for and selecting the winner of the first-ever NAEP Studies SIG Outstanding Paper Award
Increasing SIG membership
SIG Officer Elections
SIG Achievements in 2022-23
Minutes from every leadership meeting are saved in a shared folder accessible to the leadership team. This repository is helpful in generating the annual summary of activities and serves as a resource when there is a transition in SIG leadership.
In 2022-23, the SIG issued its first call for nominations for the newly established Outstanding Paper Award, formed a committee to review six nominations, and selected a winner announced at the annual NAEP Studies SIG Business Meeting held in Chicago, IL. The winning paper was “Relation between digital tool practices in the language arts classroom and reading comprehension scores” by Ladislao Salmerón, Cristina Vargas, Pablo Delgado, and Naomi Baron. The paper appeared in Reading and Writing (2022) 36: 175-194. Dr. Salmerón accepted the award on behalf of his coauthors during the business meeting and provided attendees a summary of their work.
The work of the Program Co-Chairs resulted in a final AERA 2023 program that in addition to the Business Meeting included a symposium and two poster sessions.
Research Into High School Coursework and Achievement Using the NAEP High School Transcript Study
Examining Validity of Student National School Lunch Program Eligibility in NAEP After Community Eligibility Provision (Poster)
Predicting Geography Achievement in the United States: The Role of Opportunity to Learn (Poster)
The SIG’s online presence has continued in 2022-23 through the work of Robert Perkins, the outgoing Webmaster. The SIG page on the AERA website has been regularly and quickly updated based on suggestions shared during leadership team meetings including advertising upcoming events hosted by the SIG and others. The Webmaster continues to maintain the SIG’s YouTube channel and the SIG’s Gmail account (AERANAEPStudiesSIG@gmail.com) as well as the SIG’s LinkedIn and Facebook pages.
Members of the SIG leadership team led the effort to organize two SIG-sponsored webinars, which were recorded and posted on the SIG’s YouTube channel.
Examining High School Coursetaking and Academic Performance: 2019 NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS), June 15, 2022
The NAEP HSTS is a special study where transcripts are collected and analyzed from a nationally representative sample of public and private high school graduates. The study examines the types of courses in which graduates were enrolled in high school, how many credits they earned, and the grades they received as well as the relationship between high school coursework and academic performance measured by grade 12 NAEP assessments. In this session, Robert Perkins and Lisa Hamilton of Westat reviewed results from the 2019 NAEP HSTS, looking at trends in high school coursetaking over the past three decades. In this webinar, they reviewed changes in the HSTS methodology since 2009, the ways that the HSTS data can be analyzed, the results from the 2019 study, and the resources available to educational researchers who may be interested in incorporating the HSTS data into their work.
What Does NAEP Tell us about Education of Indigenous People of America? December 13, 2022
This webinar was conducted in collaboration with the AERA Indigenous Peoples of
Americas SIG to discuss the NAEP National Indian Education Study (NIES). The NIES is a special study funded by the Office of Indian Education (OIE) to understand the role of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) culture in students' lives and school experiences and the integration of Native culture and language into instruction and how schools respond to the distinctive needs of their AI/AN students. The invited speakers for the session included Dr. James Deaton, National Center for Education Statistics, United States Department of Education; Dr. Crystal C. Moore, Ed.D. (Ed-Tech, OK Choctaw Tribal Member), Office of Elementary & Secondary Education, United States Department of Education; Dr. Susan Faircloth, Professor and Director of the School of Education at Colorado State University; and Dr. Jameson David Lopez, Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona.
The SIG issued newsletters in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Credit for this achievement goes to members of the Newsletter Subcommittee and other SIG members who contributed to the work.
Newsletter Subcommittee Members:
Given the challenges associated with populating an annual ballot of SIG officer candidates from within a small SIG, members of the leadership team worked with AERA to adjust terms for each of the elected roles and designate other roles as appointed. The future slate of leadership roles will be as follows:
The SIG Leadership team met virtually monthly beginning in May 2021 on the following dates:
The monthly meetings were scheduled with the following core set of recurring topics while other relevant topics were added as appropriate.
Additionally, many monthly meetings reserved time for discussing the topics listed below.
SIG Achievements in 2021-22
Minutes from every meeting are saved in a shared folder accessible to the leadership team. This repository is helpful in generating the annual summary of activities and will serve as a resource when there is a transition in SIG leadership.
In 2020-21, the SIG started work to establish a NAEP Studies SIG Award. The work continued into 2021-22 with multiple requests for additional information and refinements. The AERA Executive Committee reviewed and approved the application at its January 2022 meeting. The NAEP Studies SIG will issue its first call for nominations for the newly established Outstanding Paper Award in August 2022 and the winner will be notified by February 2023. The recipient and winning publication will be showcased during the AERA 2023 NAEP Studies SIG Business Meeting.
The SIG’s online presence has continued to improve in 2021-22. The SIG page on the AERA website has been regularly and quickly updated based on suggestions shared during the monthly leadership team meetings including advertising upcoming events hosted by the SIG and others. The Webmaster continues to maintain the SIG’s YouTube channel and the SIG’s Gmail account - AERANAEPStudiesSIG@gmail.com.
At the request of SIG member Dr. Michael Solem of Texas State University, the SIG promoted Educational Equity in the Social Studies: A Research Symposium, which was held on August 3, 2021. The event was organized by the National Center for Research in Geography Education and featured presentations by researchers who leverage large-scale federal datasets to study inequalities in K-12 student outcomes in geography, civics, and U.S. history.
The SIG Treasurer and Program Co-Chairs led the effort to organize two SIG-sponsored webinars.
New NCES EDGE Program and SIDE Study—On August 12, 2021, the SIG presented a webinar discussion of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program and the spatially interpolated demographic and economic (SIDE) estimates study. The presentation focused on learning why demographic, geographic, and economic data are crucial in large-scale studies and how they can aid in examining various group differences in educational outcomes. Dr. William Ward and Dr. Douglas Geverdt of NCES discussed the purposes of the EDGE program, how the estimates are developed, and what it means for researchers who want to use the NAEP data and other NCES-sponsored data collection.
Analytic Tools to Explore NAEP Data—This session hosted on December 15, 2021, was designed to showcase the NAEP Data Explorer, a freely available online analysis tool that requires no programming skills, and EdSurvey, an R statistical package designed specifically for NCES large-scale assessment data including NAEP. Presenters Paul Bailey, Ting Zhang, and Alison Filbey, from the American Institutes for Research (AIR), provided a brief introduction to the various tools available to explore and analyze NAEP data and shared resources for those who wanted to learn more. B. Jasmine Park, also from AIR, moderated the webinar. The recording of this webinar is an excellent opportunity for graduate students and researchers to learn how to better utilize NAEP data in their research.
The SIG issued its first quarterly newsletter in Fall 2021. Credit for this achievement goes to members of the Newsletter Subcommittee and other SIG members who contributed to the work.
The SIG Chair with the support of members, recruited individuals willing to run for SIG officer roles in the Winter 2022 election. The SIG was able to put forth a ballot including two candidates for the following positions: Program Co-Chair, Treasurer, and Newsletter Editor. The other positions (Secretary, Chair-Elect, Webmaster) will be filled through a special election at a later date.
The work of the Program Co-Chairs resulted in a final AERA 2022 program that includes two SIG sponsored symposiums, two paper sessions, and the annual business meeting, which included a presentation by Ebony Walton of NCES. The slides from her presentation can be found here.
NAEP Studies SIG Annual Summary for 2020-21
Submitted April 2021
The SIG Leadership team met virtually monthly beginning in July 2020 on the following dates:
July 17, 2020
August 21, 2020
September 18, 2020
October 16, 2020
November 20, 2020
December 18, 2020
January 22, 2021
February 19, 2021
March 19, 2021
Cindy Ziker, Chair
Andrew Hudacs, Chair Elect
Young Yee Kim, Program Co-Chair
Ning Rui, Program Co-Chair
Judy Tang, Treasurer
Renee Savoie, Secretary
Robert Perkins, Webmaster
Angela Battaglia, Communication Support
Jennifer Cain, Social Media Support
Mary Smith, Graduate Student Representative
Minutes from every meeting are saved in a shared folder accessible to the leadership team. This repository using Google Drive is helpful in generating the annual summary of activities and will serve as a resource when there is a transition in SIG leadership.
The SIG’s online presence has improved in the last year. The SIG page on the AERA website has been regularly updated based on suggestions shared during the monthly leadership team meetings including advertising upcoming events hosted by the SIG and others. The Webmaster established a YouTube channel and maintains the SIG’s Gmail account-AERANAEPStudiesSIG@gmail.com.
The SIG collected nominations for individuals willing to run for SIG officer roles in the Winter 2021 election. The SIG was able to put forth a ballot including two candidates for each of the following positions: Chair-Elect, Program Co-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. The winners of the 2021 election along with their terms are included below.
Name
Role
Term
Amy Dresher
Chair Elect
Two years beginning in 2021-22
Jasmine Park
Program Co-Chair
Renee Savoie
Secretary
One year beginning in 2021-22
Judy Tang
Treasurer
Andrew Hudacs will transition from Chair Elect to Chair for 2021-22, and Ning Rui will serve the second year of his term as Program Co-Chair in 2021-22.
The SIG leadership team established the goal of creating a NAEP Studies SIG award. The group formed an Awards Committee comprised of Andrew Hudacs, Ning Rui, and Renee Savoie. The committee used the AERA provided “Petition for Award” template to create a set of guidelines specifying the selection procedures, scope, and criteria for the award. These guidelines were reviewed by the SIG leadership team and input was provided. The petition was submitted prior to the AERA 2021 Annual Meeting. It is anticipated that the AERA Executive Board will review the SIG’s petition at its June meeting. If approved, the NAEP Studies SIG will issue a call for nominations for the newly established Outstanding Publication Award in August 2021 and the winner will be notified by February 2022. The recipient and winning publication will be showcased during the AERA 2022 NAEP Studies SIG Business Meeting.
The Treasurer and Program Co-Chair worked over many months to organize a panel presentation sponsored by the NAEP Studies SIG—What Can Large-Scale Data Tell Us? A Discussion on Student SES Measures Using the TIMSS and NAEP Data. The well-attended webinar was conducted through support from Westat on January 12, 2021 and is archived on the SIG’s YouTube channel.
ABSTRACT: In this webinar, researchers presented results from two studies that analyzed changes in achievement gaps between low and high SES students over time. The first study used Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data and focused on country-level results, and the second study used National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and focused on U.S. state-level results. Researchers also discussed SES-related items from the NAEP student questionnaire data and how student-level neighborhood SES resources may provide additional perspectives on the SES measures.
Panelists:
The work of the Program Co-Chairs resulted in a final AERA 2021 program that includes two SIG sponsored symposiums, a poster session, and the annual business meeting, which will include a moderated conversation titled Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Implications for Administering NAEP During a Pandemic.
Chair: Monica Anne Gribben, Human Resources Research
Organization Speakers:
Lesley Muldoon, National Assessment Governing Board
Peggy G. Carr, National Center for Education Statistics
Discussant: Thanos Patelis, Fordham University