Trial Urban District Assessments
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial Urban District Assessment is designed to explore the feasibility of using NAEP to report on the performance of public school students at the district level. As authorized by federal law, NAEP has administered the mathematics, reading, science, and writing assessments to samples of students in selected urban districts.
For the most recent results in each subject area, browse the results online.
To see one-page summaries of each district's performance, see the state snapshots for the most recent TUDA administrations in mathematics, reading, science, and writing.
To download, view, and print the comprehensive Report Cards, see the publications for mathematics, reading, science, and writing in the NCES electronic catalog.
The first Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) occurred in reading and writing in 2002 for five urban districts—Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City—plus the District of Columbia. The Trial Urban District Assessment continued with the 2003 NAEP assessments in reading and mathematics with nine districts participating: Atlanta City School District, Boston School District, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, City of Chicago School District 299, Cleveland Municipal School District, Houston Independent School District, Los Angeles Unified School District, New York City Public Schools, and San Diego Unified School District. In 2005, ten urban school districts participated in the TUDA in reading, mathematics, and science at grades 4 and 8. In addition to those in the 2003 assessment, Austin Independent School District also participated, bringing the total number of districts to 10. In 2007, the same 10 districts participated in the mathematics, reading, and writing assessments.
The district level results are for public school students only. Results for the District of Columbia public school students, normally included along with NAEP's state assessment results, are also reported in reading and mathematics. Due to an insufficient sample size, the District of Columbia did not participate in the science assessment in 2005 and the writing assessment in 2007.
