The 2007 NAEP writing assessment was administered in more than 7,640 schools between January and March 2007. Approximately 140,000 students at grade 8 and 27,900 students at grade 12 participated.
Results are now available.

	Take a look at publications about NAEP writing.
	Take a look at the NAEP schedule of assessments.

Spotlight on the State Assessment

Do you have a special interest in the state-level writing assessment and results for your particular state? If so, here's the place to begin.

Spotlight on the Trial Urban District Assessment

Explore the results of the 2007 Trial Urban District Assessment in writing.

	Learn what the assessment measures and how it was developed.
	Learn who took the assessment and how it was administered.
	Explore sample questions from the assessment, and see how they were scored.
	Find out what students know and can do by looking at the NAEP writing scale.
	Find out what students should know and be able to do by viewing preliminary NAEP writing achievement levels.
	Find out how to interpret the results of the assessment, including the potential effects of exclusion on assessment results.

Explore a wealth of NAEP data, in the NAEP Data Explorer.