Achievement LevelsThe National Assessment Governing Board has determined that achievement levels shall be the first and primary way of reporting NAEP results. Setting achievement levels is a method for setting standards on the NAEP assessment that identifies what students should know and be able to do at various points on the composite. For each grade of each subject, three levels were defined:
Based on initial policy definitions of these trial achievement levels, panelists were asked to determine operational descriptions of the levels appropriate with the content and skills assessed in the assessment. With these descriptions in mind, the panelists were then asked to rate the assessment items in terms of the expected performance of marginally acceptable examinees at each of these three levels. These ratings were then mapped onto the NAEP scale to obtain the achievement level cutpoints for reporting. Civics Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1998 assessment data Geography Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1992 and 1994 assessment data Mathematics Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1992 assessment data Reading Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1992 assessment data Science Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1996 assessment data U.S. History Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1992 and 1994 assessment data Writing Achievement Levels set by the Board using 1998 assessment data Last updated 16 July 2008 (RF) |
