About the New England Common Assessment Program

State Testing Information for Vermont

Portions of the following material were taken from the Vermont Department of Education website. Please see our links and source sections at the bottom of the page for more details and references.

General Description of the Tests

New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)

• Grades: 3-8, 11
• Subjects: Mathematics, Reading, Writing, Science
• Developed in collaboration with the Rhode Island and New Hampshire departments of education
• Measure students’ academic knowledge and skills relative to the Grade Expectations for Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities

Vermont Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)

• Grade: 2

Vermont Alternate Assessment Portfolio (VTAAP)

• Among those who may qualify for accommodations or an alternate assessment are students who have been referred to a school's educational support team or students who have 504 plans.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

• Grades: 4, 8
• Subjects: Mathematics
• Also known as "the Nation's Report Card”
• The only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas
• NAEP does not provide scores for individual students or schools; instead, it offers results regarding subject-matter achievement for populations of students (e.g., fourth-graders) and groups within those populations (e.g., female students, Hispanic students).

Our curriculum is focused around actual material that a student is likely to see on the upcoming New England Common Assessment Program test. Nationally known for delivering high quality and affordable materials that help students improve their scores, we provide you both paper-based instruction and easy to use online test preparation.