The NAEP Data Explorer (NDE) creates customizable statistical tables and offers many options for graphics to display the results of NAEP assessments, as well as information about factors that may be related to student learning. See the Quick Reference Guide (595K PDF). Context-sensitive help is available on each page of the NDE.

The NAEP Questions Tool (NQT) provides access to over 2000 released questions from NAEP assessments in all NAEP subject areas. See how students compare with their peers across the nation.

Item Maps help to illustrate the knowledge and skills demonstrated by students performing at different scale scores on NAEP assessments. Explore performance information about student groups by state. See the Quick Reference Guide (1,126K PDF) to learn about using Item Maps!

Create tables that compare states/jurisdictions based on average scale scores for public school students within a single assessment year, or that compare the change in performance between two assessment years. There is a comprehensive help system.

Use State Profiles to explore key data about each state's student and school population, as well its NAEP testing history and results. The profiles provide easy access to all NAEP data for participating states and links to the most recent state report cards for all available subjects.

Try out actual questions administered to students in the NAEP assessments. Choose a subject and a grade, type your answers, and then see if you answered correctly, as well as how the nation's students performed.