Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto the NAEP Scales: Results from the 2022 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Assessments. NCES 2026-014
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| Title: | Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto the NAEP Scales: Results from the 2022 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Assessments. NCES 2026-014 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Darrick Shen-Wei Yee, Brian Cramer, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (ED/IES), American Institutes for Research (AIR) |
| Source: | National Center for Education Statistics. 2026. |
| Availability: | National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Contract Number: | EDIES12D0002 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Grade 4 Intermediate Grades Grade 8 Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | National Competency Tests, Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, State Standards, Equated Scores, Grade 4, Grade 8, Achievement Tests, Public Schools, Educational Research |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| Abstract: | The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has periodically published reports using results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to compare the proficiency standards that states set for their students. Since standards vary across states, the results of the various state assessments cannot be used to directly compare students' progress. However, by placing a state standard onto the NAEP scale, a common metric for all states, a NAEP equivalent score of that standard is produced, which can be compared across states. The last mapping study report released by NCES (NCES 2021-036) compared state proficiency standards for school year 2018-19. This report highlights the results of mapping state proficiency standards onto the NAEP scales using state assessment results from the 2021-22 school year and the 2022 NAEP assessments for public schools. The study focuses on the reading and mathematics standards that states set for grades 4 and 8. For each state, the report displays the NAEP equivalent scores with a range of 0-500. The NAEP equivalent scores are shown with respect to the NAEP achievement levels: NAEP Basic and NAEP Proficient. The analyses conducted for this edition of the study address the following questions: (1) What are the 2022 NAEP equivalent scores for the states?; and (2) How do the 2022 NAEP equivalent scores compare with those from 2019 and 2013? Overall, in 2022, state standards for proficient performance mapped at the NAEP Basic achievement level for most states in both grades and subjects. In addition, for states with all 3 years of data, the differences between the highest and lowest NAEP equivalent scores of the state standards were larger in 2022 compared to 2019 in grade 4 reading and grade 8 mathematics, and smaller in grade 4 mathematics. In all assessments except grade 8 mathematics, the differences were smaller in 2022 than in 2013. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| IES Publication: | https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/statemapping/ |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED678956 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has periodically published reports using results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to compare the proficiency standards that states set for their students. Since standards vary across states, the results of the various state assessments cannot be used to directly compare students' progress. However, by placing a state standard onto the NAEP scale, a common metric for all states, a NAEP equivalent score of that standard is produced, which can be compared across states. The last mapping study report released by NCES (NCES 2021-036) compared state proficiency standards for school year 2018-19. This report highlights the results of mapping state proficiency standards onto the NAEP scales using state assessment results from the 2021-22 school year and the 2022 NAEP assessments for public schools. The study focuses on the reading and mathematics standards that states set for grades 4 and 8. For each state, the report displays the NAEP equivalent scores with a range of 0-500. The NAEP equivalent scores are shown with respect to the NAEP achievement levels: NAEP Basic and NAEP Proficient. The analyses conducted for this edition of the study address the following questions: (1) What are the 2022 NAEP equivalent scores for the states?; and (2) How do the 2022 NAEP equivalent scores compare with those from 2019 and 2013? Overall, in 2022, state standards for proficient performance mapped at the NAEP Basic achievement level for most states in both grades and subjects. In addition, for states with all 3 years of data, the differences between the highest and lowest NAEP equivalent scores of the state standards were larger in 2022 compared to 2019 in grade 4 reading and grade 8 mathematics, and smaller in grade 4 mathematics. In all assessments except grade 8 mathematics, the differences were smaller in 2022 than in 2013. |
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