The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly ...

Some state education officials and researchers worried that the cancellation would lead to the elimination of other NAEP tests in history, civics and science, which are not required by Congress.

Grade 8 will see history and civics assessments, while math and reading tests will be administered for grades 4 and 8, the Education Department said.

Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research ...

Peggy Carr, the federal official who supervises the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called the nation’s report card, was placed on administrative leave by the Trump ...

The latest release of the Nation's Report Card (also referred to as the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP) includes extremely concerning results. According to the report card for ...

33% of eighth graders nationwide scored below basic in reading, the worst recorded performance in NAEP history. 40% of eighth ...

The NAEP math scores metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the analysis. 50 States #1 in ...

The NAEP reading scores metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the analysis. 50 States #1 ...

Nationally, math scores in 2022 dropped 8 points in eighth grade and 5 points in fourth, the largest drop in NAEP’s 25-year history. The latest scores show mostly no progress. Scores in fourth and ...

Some state education officials and researchers worried that the cancellation would lead to the elimination of other NAEP tests in history, civics and science, which are not required by Congress.