Education Department cuts agency that measures student performance
Already, education researchers including the analyst who led the agency as a political appointee during Trump's first term, ...
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The Nation's Report Card test scores discussed
Thirty-three percent of fourth graders are proficient in math and 26% in reading, the scores show. The scores for eighth ...
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OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union
Two hundred and forty-nine years ago, the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, fortunes and ...
With student scores flailing, DOGE changes to national tests raise red flags
Cuts to the Department of Education are hitting the highly valued Nation’s Report Card even as sirens blare on student test scores. The 12th grade National Assessment of Educational ...
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Andrew Spar: Supporting public education means we must address critical issues head on
Andrew Spar is president of the Florida Education Association.
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Civics education decline raises concerns about future voters
The most recent report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress in Civics found that 78% of American 8th graders were not proficient in social studies or civics. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has ...
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White House suspends chief education data commissioner
Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, has been suspended, potentially disrupting critical ...
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Five years later, lots of kids are still behind at school — and life. How about yours?
Roughly five years have passed since schools shut down and turned to remote learning in the United States — but the pandemic’s toll on education lingers. Students are still behind where they would ...
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‘LaPolitics’: Cade Brumley’s take on the rise in Louisiana test scores
LaPolitics: What are the most important factors that drove Louisiana’s improved National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, while most other states posted disappointing results? State ...
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State education officials would have power to intervene in struggling schools under governor’s plan
Gov. Tina Kotek is backing bills to give the Oregon Department of Education some school budget control if students are ...