Chronology of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Assessments from 1969 to 2007The chronology below covers NAEP assessments from their beginning in 1969. The state assessments began in 1990. For a list of assessments in 2008 and beyond, visit the assessment schedule page.
1 This assessment appears in reports as part of long-term trend. Note that the civics assessment in 1988 is the third point in trend with citizenship/social studies in 1981–82 and in 1975–76. There are no points on the trend line for writing before 1984. 2 This was a small, special-interest assessment administered to limited national samples at specific grades or ages and was not part of a main assessment. Note that this chart includes only assessments administered to in-school samples; not shown are several special NAEP assessments of adults. 3 Explanation of format for year column: Before 1984, the main NAEP assessments were administered in fall of one year through spring of the next. Beginning with 1984, the main NAEP was administered after the new year in winter, although the assessments to measure long-term trend continued with their traditional administration in fall, winter, and spring. Because the main assessment is the largest component of NAEP, beginning with 1984 we have listed its administration year rather than the two years over which trend continued to be administered. Note also that the state component is administered at essentially the same time as the main NAEP. 4 The 1986 long-term trend reading assessment is not included on the trend line in reports because the results for this assessment were unusual. Further information on this reading anomaly is available in Beaton and Zwick (1990). 5 State assessments in 1990–94 were referred to as trial state assessments (TSA). 6 After 1996, long-term trend in writing was no longer reported because of technical reasons having to do with the relatively small number of writing prompts. See remarks by the commissioner. 7 After the 1999 long-term trend in science, it was determined that technical studies are required to enable necessary changes to the design and revisions to the item pool in order to maintain the long-term trend in this subject. New items will be developed and field tested for use in future assessments. For that reason, the science long-term trend assessment will not be given in 2004. For more information, see the National Assessment Governing Board policy (114K Microsoft Word document) on long-term trend assessments. 8 The National Assessment Governing Board postponed the foreign language assessment at their March 6, 2004 meeting.
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