The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally mandated project of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. It assesses what U.S. students should know and be able to do in geography, reading, writing, mathematics, science, U.S. history, the arts, civics, and other academic subjects. Since 1969, NAEP has surveyed the achievement of students at ages 9, 13, and 17 and, since the 1980s, in grades 4, 8, and 12.

Measuring educational achievement trends over time is critical to measuring progress toward the National Education Goals.

The National Assessment Governing Board

The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) was created by Congress to formulate policy for NAEP. Among the Board's responsibilities are developing objectives and test specifications and designing the assessment methodology for NAEP.

Members

Mark D. Musick, Chair
President
Southern Regional Education Board
Atlanta, Georgia

Michael T. Nettles, Vice Chair
Professor of Education and Public Policy
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Moses Barnes
Secondary School Principal
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Melanie A. Campbell
Fourth-Grade Teacher
Topeka, Kansas

Honorable Wilmer S. Cody
Kentucky Commissioner of Education
Frankfort, Kentucky

Edward Donley
Former Chairman
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Honorable John M. Engler
Governor of Michigan
Lansing, Michigan

Thomas H. Fisher
Director
Student Assessment Services
Florida Department of Education
Tallahassee, Florida

Michael J. Guerra
Executive Director
National Catholic Education Association
Secondary School Department
Washington, DC

Edward H. Haertel
Professor
School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Juanita Haugen
Local School Board President
Pleasanton, California

Carole Kennedy
Middle School Principal
Columbia, Missouri

Honorable Nancy Kopp
Democratic State Legislator
Maryland House of Delegates
Bethesda, Maryland

Honorable William J. Moloney
Commissioner of Education
State of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Mitsugi Nakashima
President
Hawaii State Board of Education
Honolulu, Hawaii

Debra Paulson
Eighth-Grade Teacher (Mathematics)
El Paso, Texas

Honorable Norma Paulus
Former Superintendent of Public Instruction
Oregon State Department of Education
Salem, Oregon

Honorable Jo Ann Pottorff
Kansas House of Representatives
Wichita, Kansas

Diane Ravitch
Senior Research Scholar
New York University
New York, New York

Honorable Roy Romer
(Member Designate)
Former Governor of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

John H. Stevens
Executive Director
Texas Business and Education Coalition
Austin, Texas

Adam Urbanski
President
Rochester Teachers Association, AFT
Rochester, New York

Deborah Voltz
Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Marilyn A. Whirry
Twelfth-Grade English Teacher
Mira Costa High School
Manhattan Beach, California

Dennie Palmer Wolf
Senior Research Associate
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts

C. Kent McGuire (Ex-Officio)
Assistant Secretary of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC

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