2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study

In March and April 2021, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveyed a sample of school administrators and teachers about ways education was provided and supported during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report addresses the following:

What support did schools provide for distance learning?
Half or more schools in most participating states and districts provided digital devices to all students for the 2020–21 school year.
Skip to this section to see more results
How did schools and teachers support students to address gaps in learning that may have occurred because of school closures?
More than 50 percent of teachers in most states and districts in the study used diagnostic assessments monthly to evaluate gaps.
Skip to this section to see more results
How confident were teachers in facing the challenges of distance learning?
Ninety percent or more of teachers in most states and districts in the study indicated confidence in conducting distance-learning lessons.
Skip to this section to see more results
About the 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study
Skip to this section

The findings in this report are limited to states/jurisdictions and districts that agreed to participate in the study and met reporting standards. Sections I–III present school and/or teacher percentages for selected survey responses in participating states/jurisdictions and districts with reportable results. Significance tests are not performed on response percentages, and states/jurisdictions and districts are not compared to one another. However, state/jurisdiction response percentages are compared to the median state percentage for each variable. Section IV provides details about this study, including information about state and district participation and criteria for reportable results.

Thirty-three states/jurisdictions and seven large urban districts participated in this study. While national results cannot be provided, school responses are reportable for 29 states/jurisdictions and six large urban districts at grade 4, and for 27 states/jurisdictions and five large urban districts at grade 8. Teacher responses are reportable for 30 states/jurisdictions and six large urban districts at grade 4, and for 30 states/jurisdictions and five large urban districts at grade 8. Throughout this report, states/jurisdictions are simply referred to as “states.”

This report describes just some of the efforts schools and teachers made during a period of widespread academic disruption. Activities during this disruption may have varied between schools, and between and within participating states and districts. Factors outside of the schools may have also influenced activities. The study data can be explored further in the NAEP Data Explorer.

Share this result:

I. What Support Did Schools Provide for Distance Learning?

This section highlights some of the ways that schools supported their students and teachers for distance learning. For the 2020–21 school year, half or more schools in most participating states and districts provided digital devices to all students. Likewise, half or more schools in many states and districts in the study worked with internet providers to get students connected at home, trained teachers and staff, and adapted existing curriculum for distance learning. Training for students and/or their parents or guardians on the use of digital devices was less prevalent.

Also described are the ways that schools supported their students and teachers when schools closed in the 2019–20 school year.

Half or more schools in most participating states distributed digital devices to all students for the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 62 percent of grade 4 and 74 percent of grade 8 schools distributed laptops or tablets to all students to take home for the 2020–21 school year. One state was significantly different from the grade 4 median and three states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

For the 2019–20 school year, 7 to 56 percent of schools in 29 states at grade 4 and 4 to 42 percent of schools in 27 states at grade 8 distributed laptops or tablets to all students to take home during the COVID-19 outbreak. The median state reported that 31 percent of grade 4 and 21 percent of grade 8 schools supported their students in this way. No states were statistically different from the median at either grade.

Figure Percentage of schools at grade 4 who distributed laptop computers or tablets to all students to take home at the beginning of the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Percentages of schools that distributed digital devices to all students for the 2020–21 school year varied widely across participating districts

Six to 100 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 35 to 88 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 distributed laptops or tablets to all students for the 2020–21 school year.

For the 2019–20 school year, 28 to 64 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 28 to 49 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 distributed laptops or tablets to all students to take home during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Table Percentage of schools at grade 4 who distributed laptop computers or tablets to all students to take home at the beginning of the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer for more details about the distribution of laptops or tablets to students for the 2020–21 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) and for the 2019–20 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) in participating states and districts with reportable results.

In some participating states, more than half of schools worked with internet providers to help students get connected at home for the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 44 percent of grade 4 and 53 percent of grade 8 schools worked with internet providers to help students get connected at home for the 2020–21 school year. Two states were significantly different from the grade 4 median and two states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

For the 2019–20 school year, 2 to 84 percent of schools in 29 states at grade 4 and 3 to 86 percent of schools in 27 states at grade 8 worked with internet providers to help students get connected at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. The median state reported that 41 percent of grade 4 and 49 percent of grade 8 schools supported their students in this way. Three states were significantly different from the grade 4 median and three states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

Figure Percentage of schools at grade 4 who worked with internet providers to assist students doing distance learning with getting internet access at home for the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Over half of schools in most participating districts worked with internet providers to help students get connected at home for the 2020–21 school year

Twenty-five to 88 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 41 to 83 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 worked with internet providers to help students get connected at home for the 2020–21 school year.

For the 2019–20 school year, 33 to 86 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 37 to 92 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 worked with internet providers to help students get connected at home during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Table Percentage of schools at grade 4 who worked with internet providers to assist students doing distance learning with getting internet access at home for the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer for more details about assisting students with internet access for the 2020–21 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) and for the 2019–20 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Forty percent or more of schools in most participating states provided training for students and/or parents or guardians on the use of devices and applications for the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 41 percent of grade 4 and 41 percent of grade 8 schools provided training for students and/or their parents or guardians on the use of digital devices and applications both before and during the 2020–21 school year. No states were statistically different from the median at either grade.

For the 2019–20 school year, 13 to 72 percent of schools in 29 states at grade 4 and 20 to 72 percent of schools in 27 states at grade 8 provided this training during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The median state reported that 48 percent of grade 4 and 40 percent of grade 8 schools did so. One state was significantly different from the grade 4 median and no states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

Figure Percentage of schools at grade 4 who provided training of students and/or their parents/guardians on the use of digital devices and applications for distance learning before and during the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Over 40 percent of schools in most participating districts provided training for students and/or their parents or guardians on the use of devices and applications for the 2020–21 school year

Twenty-seven to 79 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 43 to 55 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 provided training for students and/or their parents or guardians on the use of digital devices and applications both before and during the 2020–21 school year.

For the 2019–20 school year, 26 to 64 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 32 to 52 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 provided this training during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Table Percentage of schools at grade 4 who provided training of students and/or their parents/guardians on the use of digital devices and applications for distance learning before and during the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer for more details about training provided for students and/or parents or guardians on the use of digital devices and applications for the 2020–21 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) and for the 2019–20 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Half or more schools in most participating states provided training for teachers and staff on the use of digital applications for the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 60 percent of grade 4 and 55 percent of grade 8 schools provided training for teachers and staff on the use of digital devices and applications for distance learning both before and during the 2020–21 school year. No states were statistically different from the median at either grade.

For the 2019–20 school year, 17 to 66 percent of schools in 29 states at grade 4 and 13 to 60 percent of schools in 27 states at grade 8 provided this training during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The median state reported that 47 percent of grade 4 and 39 percent of grade 8 schools did so. No states were statistically different from the median at either grade.

Figure Percentage of schools at grade 4 who provided training of teachers and staff on the use of digital applications for conducting distance learning before and during the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Over half of schools in nearly all participating districts provided training for teachers and staff on the use of digital applications for the 2020–21 school year

Forty-eight to 79 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 53 to 70 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 provided training for teachers and staff on the use of digital applications for distance learning both before and during the 2020–21 school year.

For the 2019–20 school year, 30 to 68 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 34 to 58 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 provided this training during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Table Percentage of schools at grade 4 who provided training of teachers and staff on the use of digital applications for conducting distance learning before and during the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer for more details about training provided to teachers and staff on the use of digital applications for distance learning for the 2020–21 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) and for the 2019–20 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Half or more schools in many participating states adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning for the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 55 percent of grade 4 and 46 percent of grade 8 schools adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning both before and during the 2020–21 school year. No states were significantly different from the grade 4 median and one state was significantly different from the grade 8 median.

For the 2019–20 school year, 27 to 79 percent of schools in 29 states at grade 4 and 26 to 79 percent of schools in 27 states at grade 8 adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The median state reported that 60 percent of grade 4 and 51 percent of grade 8 schools did so. Two states were significantly different from the grade 4 median and no states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

Figure Percentage of schools at grade 4 who adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning before and during the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Half or more schools in most participating districts adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning for the 2020–21 school year

Forty-seven to 75 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 48 to 63 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning both before and during the 2020–21 school year.

For the 2019–20 school year, 35 to 54 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 46 to 75 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 did this during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Table Percentage of schools at grade 4 who adapted existing curriculum plans and resources for distance learning before and during the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer for more details about adapting curriculum plans and resources for distance learning for the 2020–21 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) and for the 2019–20 school year (grade 4 and grade 8) in participating states and districts with reportable results.

2020–21 school year

2019–20 school year

Share this result:

II. How Did Schools and Teachers Support Students To Address Gaps in Learning That May Have Occurred Because of School Closures?

School administrators were asked about modifications to their school year and teachers were asked about what measures they took during the 2020–21 school year to address gaps in learning that may have occurred because of school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This section highlights a few of these measures.

There was a wide range across participating states and districts in the percentages of schools that reported providing additional programs or classes. Teacher responses for the use of diagnostic assessment were similar for both grades and across participating states and districts; however, teacher responses for providing daily individualized support to students varied between grades 4 and 8.

In many participating states, fifty-percent or more of schools reported offering additional programs or classes during the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 43 percent of grade 4 and 45 percent of grade 8 schools offered additional programs or classes during the 2020–21 school year to make up for gaps in learning. One state was significantly different from the grade 4 median and no states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

Figure Percentage of schools at grade 4 where additional school programs or classes have been offered to students to make up for gaps in learning for the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Percentages of schools offering additional programs or classes varied across participating districts

Fourteen to 64 percent of schools in six districts at grade 4 and 23 to 68 percent of schools in five districts at grade 8 reported offering additional programs or classes during the 2020–21 school year.

Table Percentage of schools at grade 4 where additional school programs or classes have been offered to students to make up for gaps in learning for the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer tables at grade 4 and grade 8 for more details about additional school programs or classes provided by schools to make up for learning gaps in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Half to three-quarters of teachers in participating states reported monthly use of diagnostic assessments during the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 66 percent of grade 4 and 65 percent of grade 8 teachers used diagnostic assessments to evaluate gaps between students’ knowledge/skills and achievement standards about once or twice a month during the 2020–21 school year. No states were significantly different from the grade 4 median and three states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

Figure Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who used diagnostic assessments to evaluate gaps between students' knowledge/skills and achievement standards about once or twice a month in the 2020–21 school year to address learning gaps, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Half or more of teachers in nearly all participating districts reported monthly use of diagnostic assessments

Forty-six to 75 percent of teachers in six districts at grade 4 and 53 to 75 percent of teachers in five districts at grade 8 reported using diagnostic assessment to evaluate gaps between students’ knowledge and skills and achievement standards about once or twice a month during 2020–21 school year.

Table Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who used diagnostic assessments to evaluate gaps between students' knowledge/skills and achievement standards about once or twice a month in the 2020–21 school year to address learning gaps, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer tables at grade 4 and grade 8 for more details about teachers’ use of diagnostic assessments in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Percentages of teachers who provided daily individualized support to students varied between grades 4 and 8 across participating states during the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 47 percent of grade 4 and 29 percent of grade 8 teachers provided individualized support to students during the 2020–21 school year. No states were significantly different from the grade 4 or grade 8 medians.

Figure Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who provided individualized support to students based on their specific learning gaps every day or almost every day in the 2020–21 school year to address learning gaps, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

Forty percent or more of teachers in most participating districts provided daily individualized support to grade 4 students during the 2020–21 school year

Thirty to 52 percent of teachers in six districts at grade 4 and 24 to 45 percent of teachers in five districts at grade 8 indicated providing individualized support to their students every day or almost every day during the 2020–21 school year.

Table Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who provided individualized support to students based on their specific learning gaps every day or almost every day in the 2020–21 school year to address learning gaps, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer tables at grade 4 and grade 8 for more details about teachers providing individualized support to students based on their specific learning gaps in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Share this result:

III. How Confident Were Teachers in Facing the Challenges of Distance Learning?

Teachers were asked to indicate their degree of confidence when teaching in a distance-learning format during the 2020–21 school year. Results suggest that by the 2020–21 school year, teachers felt confident in their skills for teaching and interacting with students in a distance-learning environment. (Note that these results reflect teachers’ confidence in their own ability to teach, not their confidence in students’ distance learning.)

Over ninety percent of teachers in most participating states indicated confidence in conducting distance-learning lessons during the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 97 percent of teachers at grade 4 and 96 percent of teachers at grade 8 indicated they could probably or definitely conduct a distance-learning lesson with students in real time during the 2020–21 school year. Four states were significantly different from the grade 4 median and 3 states were significantly different from the grade 8 median.

Figure Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who thought that they could probably or definitely conduct a distance-learning lesson with students in real time in the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

High percentages of teachers in all participating districts indicated confidence in conducting distance-learning lessons during the 2020–21 school year

For the 2020–21 school year, 90 to 98 percent of teachers in six districts at grade 4 and 90 to 99 percent of teachers in five districts at grade 8 responded that they could probably or definitely conduct a distance-learning lesson with students in real time.

Table Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who thought that they could probably or definitely conduct a distance-learning lesson with students in real time in the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer tables at grade 4 and grade 8 for more details about teachers’ confidence in conducting distance-learning lessons in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Over ninety percent of teachers in most participating states indicated they could probably or definitely provide feedback to students in a distance-learning environment during the 2020–21 school year

The median state reported that 96 percent of teachers at grade 4 and 95 percent of teachers at grade 8 indicated they could probably or definitely provide feedback to students in a distance-learning environment during the 2020–21 school year. No states were significantly different from the median at either grade.

Figure Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who thought that they could probably or definitely provide feedback to students in a distance-learning format in the 2020–21 school year, by participating state/jurisdiction: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Display As

...

**In all participating districts at both grades, high percentages of teachers indicated they could probably or definitely provide feedback to students in a distance-learning environment**

For the 2020–21 school year, 88 to 99 percent of teachers in six districts at grade 4 and 91 to 100 percent of teachers in five districts at grade 8 responded that they could probably or definitely provide feedback to students in a distance-learning environment.

Table Percentage of teachers at grade 4 who thought that they could probably or definitely provide feedback to students in a distance-learning format in the 2020–21 school year, by participating district: 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

District	Percentage

Visit the NAEP Data Explorer tables at grade 4 and grade 8 for more details about teachers’ confidence in providing feedback to students in a distance-learning format in participating states and districts with reportable results.

Share this result:

IV. About the 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study

In the spring of 2020, many schools across the United States closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and shifted to teaching their students through distance learning for the remainder of the 2019–20 school year. By the 2020–21 school year, schools and teachers were continuing to operate under uncertainty, with ongoing concerns about whether and how to open schools to in-person instruction; how to deliver education and support students in a distance-learning environment; and how to address potential learning gaps due to pandemic-related school closures. These issues were the basis for the 2021 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study. All states/jurisdictions and Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts were invited to take part in the study, which was conducted from March 2021 to April 2021. Thirty-three states/jurisdictions and seven large urban districts agreed to participate.

Content of the 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaires

NAEP is a congressionally mandated project administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education. It is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in select subjects at grades 4, 8, and 12.

Although the 2021 NAEP mathematics and reading assessments at grades 4 and 8 were postponed, NCES leveraged the online NAEP survey questionnaires for the School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study to collect information from school administrators and teachers about how they were meeting the academic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19–related questions were added to the NAEP school and teacher questionnaires that had been administered as part of the 2019 mathematics and reading assessments at grades 4 and 8.

In addition to collecting contextual information on general and subject-specific topics typically covered in the NAEP school and teacher questionnaires, the 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study collected data on

how schools responded to academic disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic during both the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years;
how schools and teachers supported students and aimed to address learning gaps during the 2020–21 school year; and
how confident teachers felt in teaching their students and performing tasks in a distance-learning environment during the 2020–21 school year.

The topics covered by the COVID-19 school and teacher questions are summarized below. Note that COVID-19 school questions were asked in reference to both the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years, while teacher questions were asked in reference to the 2020–21 school year only.

Topic coverage in COVID-19 school questions

Resources for learning and instruction

Preparations for distance learning (school-wide and teacher-focused)
Support for learning
Teacher and staff requirements for communication and contact
Percentage of students in distance learning

Technology use and access

Provision of digital devices and internet access

Organization of instruction

Administrator mobility
Modifications to the previous and current school years and instruction

Topic coverage in COVID-19 teacher questions

Organization of instruction

Teacher mobility
Remedial measures
Instructional support
Grading policies and practices
Class structure

Self-efficacy

Instruction for distance learning

Teacher preparation

Preparation for distance learning
Professional development

Explore the full set of 2021 NAEP school (grade 4 and grade 8) and teacher (grade 4 and grade 8) questions administered in this study.

Reporting Results

This report summarizes selected COVID-19 survey findings from the 2021 NAEP school and teacher questionnaires for participating states and districts with reportable results. Results are based on a survey sample consisting of teachers and schools that serve fourth- and eighth-grade students in participating states and districts. The report primarily presents state and district percentages of teachers and/or state and district percentages of schools for certain response categories of the survey questions. Results are reported separately for each grade.

State and district results are reportable for school survey questions when the participation rate for sampled schools is 70 percent or higher. Additionally, state and district results are reportable for teacher survey questions when the percentage of schools that agreed to let their teachers be contacted to complete the questionnaire and the percentage of teachers in the participating schools that responded to the questionnaire are both 70 percent or higher.

A total of 33 states/jurisdictions and seven large urban districts participated in this study. Based on the percentage criteria noted above, school survey responses are reportable for 29 states and six large urban districts at grade 4, and for 27 states and five large urban districts at grade 8. Teacher survey responses are reportable for 30 states and six large urban districts at grade 4, and for 30 states and five large urban districts at grade 8. School and teacher responses for private schools did not meet the response rate standard, so they are not included in the report.

Because 20 states out of 53 states/jurisdictions declined to participate in this study, including two large states (New York and Florida), and because some participating states did not meet the percentage criteria for reportable results (e.g., California, Iowa, and South Carolina at grade 4), the resulting aggregate of participating states is not representative of the nation. Therefore, accurate and unbiased estimates of school and teacher questionnaire results at the national level would likely be misleading and are not reported for this study.

The participating states/jurisdictions and districts with reportable results from the 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study are summarized in the tables below.

TABLE | Total number of participating jurisdictions and number of jurisdictions with reportable results in 2021 School and Teacher Questionnaire Study

Jurisdiction	Grade 4 questionnaires		Grade 8 questionnaires
Jurisdiction	School	Teacher	School	Teacher
2021 participating states/jurisdictions
Total number	33	33	33	33
Number with reportable results	29	30	27	30
2021 participating districts
Total number	7	7	7	7
Number with reportable results	6	6	5	5

TABLE | 2021 participating states/jurisdictions with reportable results

2021 participating states/jurisdictions	Grade 4 questionnaires		Grade 8 questionnaires
2021 participating states/jurisdictions	School	Teacher	School	Teacher
Alabama	✓	✓	✓	✓
Alaska	✓	✓	✓	✓
Arizona	✓	✓	✓	✓
Arkansas	✓	✓	✓	✓
California	‡	‡	✓	✓
Connecticut	✓	✓	✓	✓
Georgia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Idaho	✓	✓	✓	✓
Illinois	✓	✓	✓	✓
Indiana	✓	✓	✓	✓
Iowa	‡	‡	‡	‡
Kansas	✓	✓	✓	✓
Kentucky	✓	✓	✓	✓
Louisiana	✓	✓	✓	✓
Maine	✓	✓	✓	✓
Maryland	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mississippi	✓	✓	✓	✓
Missouri	✓	✓	✓	✓
New Jersey	✓	✓	✓	✓
North Carolina	✓	✓	✓	✓
North Dakota	✓	✓	‡	✓
Ohio	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pennsylvania	✓	✓	✓	✓
Puerto Rico	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rhode Island	✓	✓	✓	✓
South Carolina	‡	‡	‡	‡
South Dakota	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tennessee	‡	✓	‡	‡
Texas	✓	✓	‡	✓
Utah	✓	✓	✓	✓
Virginia	✓	✓	‡	✓
Wyoming	✓	✓	✓	✓
DoDEA	✓	✓	✓	✓

✓ Participating states/jurisdictions with reportable results.

‡ Participating states did not meet reporting standards.

NOTE: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), a federally operated nonpublic school system responsible for educating children of military families. The results presented in this report are for the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States only. See more about DoDEA.

TABLE | 2021 participating TUDA districts with reportable results

2021 participating districts	Grade 4 questionnaires		Grade 8 questionnaires
2021 participating districts	School	Teacher	School	Teacher
Albuquerque	✓	✓	✓	✓
Austin	✓	✓	‡	‡
Baltimore City	✓	✓	✓	✓
Charlotte	✓	✓	✓	✓
Chicago	✓	✓	✓	✓
Duval County (FL)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fort Worth	‡	‡	‡	‡

✓ Participating districts with reportable results.

‡ Participating districts did not meet reporting standards.

NOTE: TUDA = Trial Urban District Assessment.

The survey questionnaire variables highlighted in this report are just a few of many variables available in the full 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire dataset. Significance tests are not performed on response percentages, and states/jurisdictions and districts are not compared to one another in this report. However, state/jurisdiction response percentages are compared to the median state percentage for each variable. The study data can be explored and analyzed further via the NAEP Data Explorer. State- and district-level data are available for schools and teachers at grades 4 and 8, and for mathematics teachers and reading teachers at grade 8.

Technical details about the 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study, including information about sampling, weighting, and data collection, are available in the Technical Documentation PDF.

NOTE: The results shown in the graphics, tables, and statements are based on rounded whole numbers. For example, in the report, all results of 100 percent are estimates that round to 100 percent. The jurisdiction counts presented in the report are also based on the rounded percentages.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2021 School and Teacher Questionnaire Study.