The US Supreme Court has allowed the Education Department to proceed with over 1,300 staff layoffs, severely impacting key ...

Opinion: If the funding appropriated by Congress is not restored immediately, these funding losses will impact our students' ...

Charles E. Smith says NEAP informs public about academic achievement of elementary and secondary students over time "with precision." ...

When NAEP scores are viewed as a calamity, they produce predictable responses. Critics’ solutions tend to be the same ones advanced before the test results were announced: more charter schools ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is best known for tests that track reading and math achievement but ...

In math, Alabama went from back of the class to being singled out for kudos. Is there a lesson for other states looking to ...

NAEP results show stagnant math and reading scores for Illinois’ fourth graders. However, eighth graders posted higher math scores in 2024 than previous cohorts in 2022 and 2019.

Pretty much the only good-news story in education through the first half of 2025 has been the “Southern Surge”—the impressive ...

Los Angeles Unified’s unexpectedly big increase in eighth grade reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress drew praise and skepticism after the release of the scores last month. The ...

Education world has waited nervously for the first NAEP release since the pandemic. Scores show evidence of severe learning loss, especially in math.

In its final release of results from last year’s exams, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, reveals that 13-year-olds’ understanding of math dropped significantly.

Whether you follow education or not, it’s likely that you heard about the results of the NAEP, nicknamed the nation’s education report card. It’s likely that you heard about the scores ...