Baltimore Sun, Inside Ed: Glossary

"NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress. Also referred to as “The Nation’s Report Card.” The only standardized test administered to schools around the nation. The standardized tests administered under No Child Left Behind vary from state to state, and therefore it’s difficult to make comparisons. NAEP is considered to be a harder test than many of the statewide assessments. But NAEP does not provide scores for individual students or schools as the statewide assessments do."


Full glossary: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/education/blog/2007/11/our_glossary_of_education_jarg.html