Why do we use NAEP test scores to judge educational performance?

I noticed a few things in regards to NAEP testing reporting and it’s influence on policy making:

1. Testing is done with a random sampling of students at a random sampling of schools, weighted for a variety of metrics.
2. The schools that are chosen are not published and very well might include virtual charter schools that have very little oversight.
3. There is not a lot of public input into the weighting process for chooses which schools are chosen for testing.

Thoughts?

Submitted November 23, 2025 at 07:38AM by Both_Blueberry5176 https://ift.tt/lS1Ahtn