DC NAEP Dashboard
LAST UPDATE: OCTOBER 2022
Welcome to the 2022 EmpowerK12 DC NAEP/TUDA national assessment results, commonly referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card.” Nationwide a representative sample of schools in every state and several large urban districts every two years. The pandemic delayed the 2021 administration to 2022.
The default student group view is set to “low-income students” since the performance and improvement of those students is central to our organization’s mission. To use this dashboard, begin by making selections from the filters at the top for the grade level, subject, NAEP score metric, and student group you want to explore.
2022 NAEP/TUDA Assessment Dashboard
Dashboard Notes
NAEP and TUDA are the same assessment. The Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) is a term used to identify large urban school districts that voluntarily administer NAEP in addition to every state’s participation. In DC, DC Public Schools (DCPS) participates in TUDA, results specific to DCPS can be found on NAEP’s TUDA page. EmpowerK12’s mission and vision apply to all of DC’s public schools, traditional and charter, so that’s why we focus on results for DC as a state and compare the “state” results with other urban jurisdictions.
“Low-income” students are defined as those who receive free or reduced-price meals at school.
“Scale Score 25th Percentile” is a metric showing the average NAEP score for students at the 25th percentile in the selected group. We provide this metric to track whether the lowest performing students are making as much or more progress than their higher achieving peers, an important calculation for equity-monitoring purposes.
NAEP has 4 proficiency levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced. The metrics “At or Above Proficient” and “At or Above Basic” display the percent of students achieving at those levels.
We provide data for some cross-tabulated priority student groups like “Low-Income+Black,” which includes students from low-income families who identify as Black or African American, and “Hispanic+Male,” which includes students who identify as male and Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Gaps are translated into instructional months utilizing the methodology from Stanford University’s Educational Opportunity Project and can be found in the hover-over tooltips in gap charts.
The DC-National All Students gap closure metrics assume linear improvement equivalent to the student group’s improvement from 2015 to 2019. In reality, we should expect a non-linear rate of improvement with quicker gains at the beginning and smaller gains as student groups approach the target.
NAEP and OSSE do not recommend combining results across grades and subjects for most analyses. However, for those seeking a holistic picture of math and reading performance of student groups, our dashboard allows users to select multiple choices; though, we urge caution in interpretation. Hit us up with questions using the contact form on our home page.
Data Sources
NAEP/TUDA national assessment data files that power dashboards can be found here.
Stanford University Educational Opportunity Project methodology