Dig Deeper: Find Your Own Long-Term Trends!

You've seen the results of the 2008 long-term trend assessments; now dig a little deeper and learn what these results mean for issues that interest you! How much do you think the percentage of 13-year-olds who say they read for fun daily has changed since 1984? NAEP offers a suite of online tools to help you explore the assessment results from many different angles. Find what piques your interest with the NAEP Data Tools.

Register now! This summer, the National Center for Education Statistics in Washington, DC is offering two seminars: Using NAEP for Research and Policy Analysis (July 7-10, applications due May 27) and HSTS Database Training (July 22-24, applications due June 10).

The results of the 2008 long-term trend assessment in reading and mathematics were released on April 28:

• View the archived webcast of the data release event.
• Read the transcript of the online chat with Associate Commissioner Peggy Carr.
• Test yourself with actual questions from the long-term trend assessments.