Struggling High School Seniors Fall Even Further Behind on 'Nation's Report Card'
More 12th graders than ever before are scoring below the test's threshold for mastery of “basic” skills.| Education Week
Students from the class of 2024 had historically low scores on a major national test administered just months before they graduated.| eSchool News
The nation’s report card (NAEP) just released students’ test scores from 2024, giving us the first update on high school seniors’ academic progress since the pre-COVID assessment in 2019. The … The post Graduates of “Unprecedented Times”: Were NAEP Scores Always This Low? appeared first on EdChoice.| EdChoice
More 12th graders than ever before are scoring below the test's threshold for mastery of “basic” skills.| Education Week
A third of 8th graders and 40 percent of 4th graders did not meet a "basic" reading level.| Education Week
Paul E. Peterson interviews Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next| Education Next
When something sounds too good to be true, it often is…like the State School Board and the Kansas Department of Education claiming that skyrocketing proficiency levels are not related to the state dumbing down proficiency standards. Now, the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) is joining the chorus with a new video denying that proficiency […]| Kansas Policy Institute
Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research arm last month.| Education Week
KSDE attributes the miraculous ump to "fixing a misaligned system, not reducing rigor."| The Sentinel
KSDE attributes the miraculous ump to "fixing a misaligned system, not reducing rigor."| Kansas Policy Institute
Kansas school board chair Kathy Busch wrote a guest column for the Kansas City Star, in which she makes multiple contradictory claims about funding and student achievement.| The Sentinel
State School Board members must ensure that reading and math proficiency standards are not reduced.| Kansas Policy Institute
It's a perfect storm of bad news: Student achievement plummeted, and the declines were greatest among the most vulnerable students.| Education Week
Nolan Mckendry has the story of Louisiana’s pretty stellar performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress report released this week, and it’s some really great news for public education in this state. Which, let’s face it, is not something you’re used to hearing. We’re not at the bottom of public education according to the […]| The Hayride
Here are highlights on the historic declines in students' math scores on the just-released national assessment.| Education Week
The pandemic has smacked 4th and 8th graders back to the last century in math and reading, according to new national assessments.| Education Week
