Education Department cuts agency that compiles 'Nation's Report Card' and measures student performance
Since the 1860s, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has collected and analyzed data on education across the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Massachusetts education ranked No. 1, but not for all students
Five years after the pandemic, only 20% of fourth graders who are Black, Latino or from low-income households scored ...
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With student scores flailing, DOGE changes to national tests raise red flags
The 17-year-old long-term National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessment was recently canceled, and the top official in charge of it was put on leave, leading advocates to doubt a ...
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Soaring Levels Of Non-English Speaking Students May Be Driving National Reading Test Scores Into Ground
Rapidly-increasing levels of non-English speaking students in schools across the nation may be contributing to the abysmal ...
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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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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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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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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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‘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 ...