R&D Hub

Applications for the NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program remain open through February 1. Now in its ninth year, the program will select a new cohort of interns for this paid opportunity to work directly with NAEP researchers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Interns will analyze NAEP data, contribute to the development of statistical methods, and help inform education policy.

The NAEP research community was hard at work in 2024 exploring new ways to deepen our understanding of student academic achievement and assessment in the United States. We here at the NAEP R&D Hub have shared it all along the way, highlighting the work of innovative researchers (especially in emergent fields such as AI), disseminating news about new and improved tools for researchers, and bringing awareness to relevant conference opportunities and presentations. As we enjoy the holiday season and look forward to a new year and new NAEP internship opportunities, we’d like to look back on some of the NAEP R&D Hub highlights of 2024.

The 2024 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program is now in its final weeks, so interns are hard at work applying all the technical skills and knowledge they’ve gained since the beginning of June to their collaborative projects. Get some insight on the program before it ends by checking out our interview with the remaining three 2024 cohort interns: Adalin Ni, Maggie Perkoff, and Winnie Wilberforce.

With the 2024 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship Program well underway, our interns are now developing their technical skills and knowledge in the field of large-scale assessment by working collaboratively with NAEP experts on client-based projects. Recently, two more interns, Paulina Grekov and Dekyi Suolang, participated in our ongoing interviews to introduce the newest cohort to the NAEP R&D community.

Summer is in full swing, and so is the 2024 NAEP Doctoral Student Internship! Our new interns are busy analyzing NAEP data alongside researchers from the National Center for Education Statistics and the American Institutes for Research. Naomi Duran and Saugat Pandey, two members of this newest intern cohort, have taken the time to answer a few questions and introduce themselves to the NAEP R&D community.