National Assessment of Education Progress

(Newser) - Educators hoping for a test-score turnaround as the pandemic moves further into the rearview got some bad news: The results from 2024's National Assessment of Educational Progress are in, and they "tell a grim tale," per the New York Times . The percentage of fourth- and eighth-graders with...

(Newser) - A federal assessment of US students known as the "nation's report card" is out, and the results are pretty bleak. Scores are down in reading and math—especially math—across the country, with the pandemic blamed for wreaking havoc on education. Details:

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(Newser) - Massachusetts can boast the top students in the nation, at least according to the Daily Beast . Each year, the National Assessment of Education Progress tests all the fourth and eighth graders in America in reading and math. The Daily Beast measured the percentage of kids who performed at or above...