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Read more about how students perform on the federally administered test known as the nation’s report card
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Student Achievement Districts Recovering From an Achievement Slide Have This in Common
Districts' progress may be related to how they used federal COVID-relief funds, a new analysis finds.
Sarah Schwartz, February 11, 2025
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School & District Management Q&A This City Can Claim a NAEP Distinction No Other City Can. Here's What Happened
While American students saw another decline in 4th grade reading scores on the Nation's Report Card, this city was an exception.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, February 10, 2025
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Reading & Literacy Opinion Don’t Blame ‘Science of Reading’ for Low Scores
We need better teacher training, the right materials, and engaging literacy-rich programs for schools, writes Angélica Infante-Green.
Angélica Infante-Green, February 10, 2025
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Student Achievement Big Cities See Bright Spots on NAEP, But Worry About Keeping Up Interventions
The large districts that receive separate NAEP scores recorded a mixed bag last year, but largely followed national trends.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, January 30, 2025
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Point Roberts Elementary School teacher Jessie Hettinga works with a group of first, second and third graders on reading at the school in Point Roberts, Wa., on Sept. 28, 2017.
Point Roberts Elementary School teacher Jessie Hettinga works with a group of first, second and third graders on reading at the school in Point Roberts, Wa., on Sept. 28, 2017.
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Student Achievement Video What the Dismal Nation's Report Card Means for Reading and Math
The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress show declines in students’ reading with some modest progress in math.
Stephen Sawchuk & Lauren Santucci, January 30, 2025
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Student Achievement Why Are Reading Scores Still Falling on the Nation’s Report Card?
Education Week spoke with experts to dig into the factors that could be shaping the results.
Sarah Schwartz, January 29, 2025
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Student Achievement Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students
A third of 8th graders and 40 percent of 4th graders did not meet a "basic" reading level.
Sarah Schwartz, January 29, 2025
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Student Achievement What the Research Says Next NAEP to Take Deeper Look at Poverty's Connection to Students' Achievement
Researchers say the new measure could yield a more accurate reading of how family income affects students' test scores.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 26, 2024
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Yuma Police Department forensic technician Heidi Heck shows students in Jonathan Bailey's fifth grade science class at Barbara Hall Elementary School how fingerprints show up under a special light during a presentation about forensic science on March 1, 2023.
Yuma Police Department forensic technician Heidi Heck shows students in Jonathan Bailey's fifth grade science class at Barbara Hall Elementary School how fingerprints show up under a special light during a presentation about forensic science on March 1, 2023.
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Science The NAEP Science Exam Is Getting a Major Update. Here's What to Expect
For the first time in 20 years, "the nation's report card" is updating how it gauges students' understanding of science.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 8, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence If ChatGPT Can Write Virtually Anything, What Should a National Writing Exam Test?
That's a question the board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress is confronting amid AI's rapid ascendance.
Libby Stanford, November 17, 2023
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Assessment Q&A Q&A: Top NAEP Official Talks About the Future of Nation's Report Card and More
Statistics commissioner Peggy Carr says persistent chronic absenteeism is partly to blame for historically low test scores.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 11, 2023
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Mathematics Interactive The State of Math Education, in Charts
See the numbers on students' declining math scores, job demands for data skills, and teachers' math preparation.
Sarah D. Sparks & Laura Baker, July 31, 2023
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Mathematics Quiz Quiz: U.S. Students Struggle With These Math Concepts. Do You?
Test your knowledge of math concepts, and then see how U.S. students fared.
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Social Studies Q&A 'I Must Teach Truth to Power': A Top History Teacher Discusses 'Divisive Concepts' Laws
Veteran history teacher Kurt Russell assesses the challenges ahead for social studies teachers.
Sarah Schwartz, July 6, 2023
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