What Does the NAEP Economics Assessment Measure?NAEP measured the economics knowledge and skills of students in grade 12 for the first time in 2006. According to the NAEP economics framework (667K PDF), developed by the National Assessment Governing Board, economic literacy is defined as the ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate the consequences of individual decisions and public policy. Economic literacy includes an understanding of
The economics assessment measures and will report results for three content areas.
Within each of the content areas, questions are designed to assess economics in three cognitive categories.
Recognizing that students acquire economics knowledge and skills inside and outside of school, the framework requests that questions be set in various contexts.
The amount of assessment time to be devoted to each of the three components is specified in the framework. Explore Sample Questions booklets for the 2006 economics assessment.
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