Information: - The National Assessment of Educational Progress ( NAEP ) is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what American students know and can do in core subjects . NAEP is a congressionally mandated project administered by the National Center for Education Statistics ( NCES ) , within the Institute of Education Sciences ( IES ) of the U.S. Department of Education . The National Assessment Governing Board , appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Education but independent of the Department , sets policy for NAEP and is responsible for developing the framework and test specifications . The Governing Board is a bipartisan group whose members include governors , state legislators , local and state school officials , educators , business representatives , and members of the general public . Congress created the 26 - member Governing Board in 1988 . NAEP results are designed to provide data on student achievement in various subjects , and are released as The Nation 's Report Card . There are no results for individual students , classrooms , or schools . NAEP reports results for different demographic groups , including gender , socioeconomic status , and race / ethnicity . Assessments are given most frequently in mathematics , reading , science and writing . Other subjects such as the arts , civics , economics , geography , and U.S. history are assessed periodically . In addition to assessing student achievement in various subjects , NAEP also collects information from students , teachers , and schools to help provide contextual information about the assessments and factors that may be related to students '' learning . Teachers , principals , parents , policymakers , and researchers all use NAEP results to assess student progress across the country and develop ways to improve education in the United States . NAEP has been providing valid and reliable data on student performance since 1969 . NAEP uses a carefully designed sampling procedure that allows the assessment to be representative of the... - The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States. It also conducts international comparisons of education statistics and provides leadership in developing and promoting the use of standardized terminology and definitions for the collection of those statistics. NCES is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. - The United States Department of Education (ED or DoED), also referred to as the ED for (the) Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Recreated by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88) and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979, it began operating on May 4, 1980. Given the paragraphs above, decide what entity has the relation 'operator' with 'united states department of education'.
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national assessment of educational progress