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Chairman Mark White describes NAEP role after committee congratulates his appointment
Summary
Committee members congratulated Mark White on his appointment as NAEP board chair; White described NAEP's role testing 4th and 8th graders and cited how scores informed state policy changes.
Committee members congratulated Mark White after announcing his appointment as chair of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) board. Introduced by a colleague as "Chairman Mark White," White said he has served about five years on the NAEP board and described it as "the nation's report card," adding: "Without the nation's report card, we really don't know how all 50 states are doing."
White recounted NAEP's testing cadence (testing 4th- and 8th-grade math and reading every two years), the board's 26-member composition and meeting schedule in Washington, D.C., and gave examples of how NAEP results have influenced state policy, citing Tennessee and Mississippi as cases where NAEP data prompted standards and curriculum changes. He described the role as a "good learning experience" and encouraged members to draw on NAEP data when considering education policy.
