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Teachers
Assessment
Nevada’s system for assessing
students, the Nevada Proficiency Examination Program (NPEP),
consists of different tests taken by students enrolled
in public and charter schools in specific grades and
specific programs. NPEP includes the following
assessments: High School Proficiency Examination (HSPE)
in Reading and Mathematics; Writing Assessments; Iowa
Test of Basic Skills (ITBS); Iowa Tests of Educational
Development (ITED); Criterion-Referenced Tests in
Reading, Mathematics, and Science (CRT), Language
Proficiency Assessment; Nevada Alternate Scales of
Academic Achievement (NASAA); and National Assessment
for Educational Progress (NAEP).
This comprehensive series of
assessments in various test formats with varying
purposes provides opportunities for districts, schools,
teachers, students, and parents to assess student
achievement in the areas specified by Nevada Revised
Statutes (NRS). Another purpose of the NPEP is to
provide accountability to the public and to the
Legislature. Test scores from the CRTs, the Writing
Assessments, and the HSPE are used to determine Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) for every public school and
charter school as well as for the eight student
populations required by the federal No Child Left Behind
Act (NCLB).
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