42.013 - Considering the Future of the NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment Program

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, includes two national assessment programs—Long-Term Trend (LTT) NAEP and Main NAEP. The National Assessment Governing Board, which sets the schedule of assessments, postponed the next NAEP LTT until 2024 due to budgetary constraints. Some stakeholders have expressed concern with the gap of 12 years between assessment administrations. Other stakeholders argue that Main NAEP provides trend data back to the early 1990s so LTT should be eliminated. This 90-minute forum will host a lively debate among renowned scholars and assessment experts on the relative merits of NAEP LTT and explore ways of consolidating or combining Long-Term Trend and Main NAEP.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Joseph L. Willhoft, Consultant

Papers

• Future of NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessments - Edward H. Haertel, Stanford University

• Is It Time to Retire Long-Term Trend? - Louis M. Fabrizio, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

• Why Continue an Old Assessment? - Jack Jennings, retired

• A Rescue Plan for NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessments: Thoughts on Edward Haertel's White Paper - Andrew J. Kolstad, P20 Strategies LLC

• Content of the Long-Term Trend Assessments Compared to Main NAEP - Joseph L. Willhoft, Consultant

• Technical and Administrative Considerations for the Future of Long-Term Trend - Peggy G. Carr, National Center for Education Statistics/IES, U.S. Department of Education