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Logo, National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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PRESENTER: The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as NAEP, or "the nation's report card," is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what students know and can do in various subjects.

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A timeline starts at 1978 and ends at 2020

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Private schools have participated in NAEP for decades. For many subjects, private school students score higher, on average, than their public school peers. This been true across time and grades.

In 2013, private school students scored 5 to 19 points higher, on average, than students in public schools in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8.

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Math, Grade 4, 241 public, 246 private. Grade 8, 284 public, 296 private. Reading, Grade 4, 221 public, 235 private, Grade 8, 266 public, 285 private

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In 2014, eighth grade students in private schools scored 16 points higher, on average, than public school students in civics and 14 points higher, on average, in US history.

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Civics, 152 public, 168 private. History, 266 public, 280 private. The years 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019 pop up.

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In more recent years, results for private schools have not been available for NAEP subjects like mathematics, reading, science, civics, US history, and others. In order to provide NAEP results for private schools, at least 70% of the selected schools must participate.

Parents, educators, and other stakeholders are interested in the performance of private schools.

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When participation rates are met, NAEP has a positive story to tell about private school student performance across the nation. NAEP needs private schools to participate so we can provide valuable results for private schools. NAEP-- giving private schools a voice in the national education conversation.

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Logo, National Assessment of Educational Progress.