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NAEP Technical DocumentationTeacher Questionnaire
To provide supplemental information about the instructional experiences reported by students, their teachers are asked to complete a survey questionnaire about their instructional practices, classroom organization, teaching background and training, and the subjects they are teaching in which students are being assessed. While teachers' completion of the questionnaire is voluntary, their participation is encouraged because their responses provide a context for reporting and interpreting NAEP results and allow researchers to examine factors associated with academic achievement.
Teacher questionnaires are organized into different parts. The first part of the teacher questionnaire tends to cover background and general training, and includes contextual items concerning years of teaching experience, certifications, degrees, major and minor fields of study, coursework in education, coursework in specific subject areas, and the amount of in-service training.
Subsequent parts of the teacher questionnaire tend to cover classroom organizational and instructional information. They ask if students in the class are grouped on some basis, the length of homework assignments, use of particular resources, and how students are assigned to particular classes.
The content and format of teacher questionnaires differ slightly from year to year and depend on what grade level and subject area are being assessed. The table below includes links to teacher questionnaires administered between 2000 and 2018. For more information on how items are developed for the teacher questionnaire and how the resulting data are used and analyzed, see NAEP Questionnaires for Students, Teachers, and School Administrators.
| Subject area | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | Grade 12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civics/geography/U.S. history (2018) | † | X | † |
| Civics/geography/U.S. history (2014) | † | X | † |
| Civics/geography/U.S. history (2010) |
X |
X | † |
| Civics/U.S. history (2006) |
X |
X | † |
| Economics (2006) | † | † |
X |
| Geography (2001) |
X | X | † |
| Language arts/mathematics (2007) |
X | † | † |
| Language arts (2007) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2017) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2015) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2013) | † | X | † |
| Mathematics (2011) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2009) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2007) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2005) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics (2003) | † |
X | † |
| Mathematics in Puerto Rico (2017) | X |
X | † |
| Mathematics in Puerto Rico (2015) |
— |
— | † |
| Mathematics in Puerto Rico (2013) |
— |
— | † |
| Mathematics in Puerto Rico (2011) |
— |
— | † |
| Reading/mathematics/writing (2017) |
X | † | † |
| Reading/writing (2017) | † |
X | † |
| Reading/mathematics/science (2015) | X | † | † |
| Reading/mathematics (2013) | X | † | † |
| Reading/mathematics (2011) | X | † | † |
| Reading/mathematics/science (2009) | X | † | † |
| Reading/mathematics/science (2005) | X | † | † |
| Reading/mathematics (2003) | X | † | † |
| Reading (2015) | † |
X | † |
| Reading (2013) | † | X | † |
| Reading (2011) | † |
X | † |
| Reading (2009) | † |
X | † |
| Reading (2005) | † |
X | † |
| Reading (2003) | † |
X | † |
| Science (2015) | † |
X | † |
| Science (2011) | † |
X | † |
| Science (2009) | † |
X | † |
| Science (2005) | † |
X | † |
| Science (2000) |
X |
X |
X |
| U.S. history (2001) | X |
X | † |
| Writing (2011) | † |
X | † |
| Writing (2002) |
X |
X | † |
|
— Not available in electronic format. † Not applicable. Assessment not given at all grades, or teacher questionnaires were combined for certain subjects and grades. NOTE: A teacher questionnaire was not administered for the technology and engineering literacy (TEL) assessment administered at grade 8 in 2014 and 2018, the economics assessment administered at grade 12 in 2012, or the arts assessment administered at grade 8 in 2008 and 2016. NAEP does not typically collect teacher information for grade 12, although a teacher questionnaire was administered in economics in 2006. In the 2000 assessment, teacher questionnaires were administered at grade 12; however, the questionnaire responses were not used in the assessment analysis and were not linked to student responses. Reading questionnaires were referred to as "language arts" in 2007. Only questionnaires for operational assessments are included in this table. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2000–2018 Assessments. | |||
Last updated 02 November 2022 (SK)