The No Child Left Behind Act: the National Assessment Governing Board Policies

The following policies and white paper were adopted by the National Assessment Governing Board. They provide much important and useful information for the conduct of NAEP relevant to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Adopted at the August 1–3, 2002, National Assessment Governing Board meeting:

• Policy on Informing Parents About Participation in NAEP (100K Microsoft Word document)

• Policy on Review of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (108K Microsoft Word document)

• Resolution on the Participation of Puerto Rico in NAEP (100K Microsoft Word document)

• Policy for Study of State NAEP Sampling (104K Microsoft Word document)

Adopted at the May 18, 2002, National Assessment Governing Board meeting:

• Public Access to Test Questions, Item Release, and Confidentiality of Data (108K Microsoft Word document)

• Policies and Procedures for Complaints (108K Microsoft Word document)

• Framework Development (136K Microsoft Word document)

• NAEP Item Development and Review (140K Microsoft Word document)

• Collection and Reporting of Background Data (124K Microsoft Word document)

• Long-term Trend (116K Microsoft Word document)

• Sampling Issues (100K Microsoft Word document)

• White Paper: Prohibition on Using NAEP to Influence State and Local Standards, Tests, and Curricula (104K Microsoft Word document)

For more information about the Governing Board, including a schedule of upcoming Board meetings, please visit the Governing Board website.

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Last updated 02 January 2007 (MH)