Current Organizational Structure of NAEP

+ U.S. Department of Education
  - Institute of Education Sciences
  - National Center for Education Statistics
  - Assessment Division / National Assessment of Educational Progress
    + Contractors: ETS, Westat, AIR NCS Pearson, GMRI, Hager Sharp, HumRRO, ESSI
  - National Assessment Governing Board
  
  ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES of NAEP ORGANIZATION MEMBERS

National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) - governs and sets policy for NAEP.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - administers NAEP under direction of 
    the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Science.

ETS - Educational Testing Service - is responsible for developing the assessment 
     instruments, overseeing the scoring of student responses, analyzing the data, and 
     reporting the results.

Westat Research is responsible for selecting school and student samples and managing 
     field operations.

AIR - American Institute for Research - also a subcontractor to ETS, is responsible for 
     developing the background questionnaires.

NCS Pearson, a subcontractor to ETS, is responsible for printing and distributing 
     assessment materials as well as for scanning and scoring students' responses.

GMRI - Government Micro Resources, Incorporated - provides a Web Content
     Management System for NCES/NAEP that allows designated NAEP contractors to 
     contribute to and manage designated channels of web content.

Hager Sharp - a public relations/marketing company responsible for the dissemination 
     of NAEP information; handled the press releases for the data release of 2003

HumRRO - Human Resources Research Organization - Assists NCES in identifying any 
     weaknesses or flaws in the NAEP process and makes recommendations to strengthen 
     the NAEP assessment system.
    
ESSI - Education Statistics Service Institute - provides research, development, and 
     operational support to NCES