Recruitment of Sampled Schools
Prior to 2002, NAEP staff recruited all schools in the national component samples (public and nonpublic). States volunteering for the state component delegated responsibility for recruiting these schools to a staff member. NAEP staff supported these "State Coordinators" in carrying out their responsibilities. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires any jurisdiction or local education agency receiving federal Title I funds to participate in a biennial state assessment of reading and mathematics at grades 4 and 8, beginning with the 2003 assessment. In addition, the Act authorizes federally funded NAEP State Coordinator positions, one for each state, to coordinate NAEP activities with local education agencies and public schools. Currently, NAEP State Coordinators recruit public schools for each assessment, including the long-term trend assessment, while NAEP field staff recruit nonpublic schools. NAEP State Coordinators and NAEP field staff typically follow a standard set of procedures for securing the participation of public and nonpublic schools. The process includes:
NAEP makes every effort to recruit each school originally selected for an assessment. In the event that a school chooses not to participate, a substitute school is recruited to take the place of the originally sampled school. Beginning with the 2001 assessment, NAEP introduced the MySchool website to provide assessment information to sampled schools and all districts from which a school was selected. MySchool content is updated throughout the assessment year and corresponds to current school NAEP activities, such as preparing and submitting lists of grade-eligible students, preparing for assessment day, and completing post-assessment activities. MySchool users are notified by e-mail whenever new content is available. Last updated 02 October 2008 (KL) |
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