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Navigate this site

The content on this website can be accessed at any time using the left-hand navigation bar. Use the navigation bar to:

  • Select a report for a subject area;
  • Choose results for the nation, for states, or for student groups;
  • View sample questions;
  • Read information tailored to the interests of parents, educators, researchers, policymakers, or reporters; or
  • Get more information about NAEP.

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Left navigation panel with report subjects outlined and description: report subject areas are identified here. Left navigation panel with report card sections outlined: choose these links to see sections in a report card. Left navigation panel with resources for selected audiences outlined. Left navigation panel with other resources indicated. screen shot of site with left navigation panel highlighted

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Use tabs

When you see tabs at the upper right of a page or chart, you can click on a tab to get an alternate subject, grade, or view. For instance, in the image below you can choose data for grade 4 or grade 8. When you are viewing a page of a report card, you can choose grade-level graphics, graphics showing scale score or achievement-level results, or graphical views by student groups (where available).

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Outline of grade tabs and description: use the top-row tabs to switch between grades. Outline of subset tabs and description: choose one of these tabs to see data subsets. screen shot of sample chart navigation with grade and category tabs highlighted

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View SVG charts

Some charts on this site are presented as interactive Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). You can hide certain data by clicking the descriptor in the Key, then show it by clicking the descriptor again. You may need to download the SVG Viewer or use a specific web browser to use this feature.

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Outline of line chart key and description: click an item in the key to hide or show it on the chart. Outline of line chart key and description: click an item in the key to hide or show it on the chart. screen shot of sample line graph

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Use the Export NAEP Data feature

Reporters, researchers, or anyone who wants to explore the NAEP data shown on this website can create data files with full precision and standard errors by using Export NAEP Data. Find this feature on the Downloads & Tools page. Click on the "download" button corresponding to the data you wish to view. You will see a web page with the data table you have selected. You can then export the table into Microsoft® Excel (or other third party software).

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Download recommended Flash Player and SVG Viewer

Flash

Get Macromedia Flash Player The NAEP website presents certain material in the form of Flash animations. In order to view these animations, you will need to install a Macromedia Flash Player, version 6 or higher. Refer to Macromedia's Flash support center for assistance in working with the Flash Player.

Scalable Vector Graphics

Download SVG ViewerScalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a W3C recommendation (web standard) for a graphics file format and web development language based on XML. Through the use of SVG, NAEP is able to offer dynamically generated, high-quality, scalable, interactive graphics from real-time data. Although many SVG viewers are available, NAEP recommends the Adobe SVG Viewer 3.0 (or above) as a stable, well-supported viewer, or the use of the native SVG viewer built into Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and 2.0. If you are using Internet Explorer, visit the Adobe's SVG Page for more information and to download a free viewer.

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