The 13-year-olds who took the basic skills tests were fourth and fifth graders when the pandemic struck, and the disruption at that point in their schooling appears to have been particularly damaging.

The more complex spectrum of NAEP results, encompassing 4 th and 8 th graders in each state in the nation, won’t be released until later this fall. But convincing data on nine-year-olds’ test ...

Math and reading scores have taken another blow as schools struggle to rein in pandemic learning loss, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Average math scores for ...

This year's NAEP results include a new, more precise index for determining students' socioeconomic status (SES), and the results show, in stark detail, what teachers and researchers have long ...

NAEP Scores ‘Flashing Red’ After a Lost Generation of Learning for 13-Year-Olds. ... “If we’re saying that a third of this ...

The scores for 17-year-olds in reading, however, did increase by three points, to 286, from 2004 to 2008, which is considered significant. ... NAEP Scores for 17-Year-Olds Flat Since 1970s.

For 25 years, through four presidential administrations, U.S. schools could rely on one small truth: Math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP test, always went up ...

In 1992, the fourth-grade reading score stood at 217. Progress for eighth-grade reading has been even slower–up just one point from 2005. The 2007 average score of 263 is one point down from the 1998 ...

The 13-year-olds scored an average of 256 out of 500 in reading, and 271 out of 500 in math, down from average scores of 260 in reading and 280 in math three years ago. Achievement declined across ...

Thirteen-year-olds received historically low math test scores in the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), dubbed "the nation’s report card.". The steady decline, which ...

This week’s NAEP test scores remind us why so many states have passed or expanded school choice in the last few years — and why bringing real competition to education is a national necessity.