Brian Schatz of Hawaii; and Gary Peters of Michigan. Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with the Democrats, also voted for cloture. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the lone GOP “no” vote.

The Trump/Musk Administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education has now put the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on the chopping block, just as Wisconsin ...

But we know, as Virginia Board of Education member Amber Northern recently reminded us, that the higher bar of “NAEP Proficiency is linked to higher graduation rates, increased rates of college ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores underline a continuing decline in educational achievement in the United States. The Institute of Education Sciences’ tendency ...

Millions–probably billions–of dollars invested. Not to mention the blood, sweat, and tears of hundreds of thousands of teachers. And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student ...

Emily Levy isn’t surprised. Nor is MacKenzie Price, Sari Factor or others on the frontlines of K-12 education and the uphill climb to rebound from students’ learning gaps and falling test scores since ...

According to the most recent NAEP scores, only 31% of Wisconsin fourth graders were proficient in reading in 2024. This is the lowest score we have seen in the state since 1992. AB 1 will require ...

In 2024, 73% of Virginia's fourth graders were considered proficient in reading in SOL tests, but only 31% of those same students met proficiency standards on NAEP. Among eighth graders, only 29% were ...

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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 ...

Apprentice navigator and captain-in-training Kai Hoshijo, right, talks with captain and navigator Lehua Kamalu, bottom, aboard the voyaging canoe Hokule’a, on Thursday in Honolulu. Crew member ...