Sample Questions

What questions are used in the NAEP U.S. history assessment?

Explore sample questions from the U.S. history assessment, and see how the NAEP U.S. history questions relate to student performance.

• View all the questions released from the 2010 assessment in the NAEP Questions Tool.
  
• Download the U.S. History Framework, which describes the specific knowledge and skills that should be assessed.
  
• See what students at each achievement level are likely to know and can do by viewing item maps.
  
• Test yourself in other NAEP subjects.

Test Yourself in U.S. History

Select one of the grade tabs below to try out questions from the 2010 NAEP U.S. history assessment. After answering all the questions, compare your score with that of students nationally. A very limited number of U.S. history items were released at Grade 8 so no sample items are available.