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The Washington PostJuly 01, 2024After pandemic closures, kids are still behind. Can you do their math?EdSurgeMay 27, 2024English Learner Scores Have Been Stuck for Two Decades. What Will It Take to Change?The 74April 24, 2024Gaps Widening Between Indiana's Highest- and Lowest-Performing StudentsThe Hechinger ReportMarch 25, 2024How Covid narrowed the STEM pipelineThe 74February 26, 2024Interactive: See How Achievement Gaps Are Growing in Your StateThe 74December 12, 202314 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America's Schools in 2023New York TimesOctober 10, 2023Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.Education WeekSeptember 11, 2023QA: Top NAEP Official Talks About the Future of Nation's Report Card and MoreK-12 DiveSeptember 06, 2023Higher chronic absenteeism rates linked to NAEP score declinesChalkbeatJuly 18, 2023Mississippi made big test score gains. Here's what to make of them.The HillJuly 13, 2023Reading for fun plunges to 'crisis' level for US studentsK-12 DiveMay 03, 2023More NAEP declines: Scores drop for 8th graders on US history, civics testsCNNMay 01, 2023One group of students saw unexpected gains on the 'Nation's Report Card' during the pandemicThe New York TimesNovember 14, 2022The Nation's 'Report Card' on Remote LearningEducation WeekOctober 24, 2022Explaining That Steep Drop in Math Scores on NAEP: 5 TakeawaysEducation WeekOctober 24, 20225 Things to Know About the Slide in Reading Achievement on NAEP
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2024 NAEP Mathematics Assessment: Group of students standing outside of a school building. The Nation's Report Card: 2024 Mathematics at Grades 4 and 8 Learn More 2024 NAEP Reading Assessment: Group of students using tablets in a classroom setting. The Nation's Report Card: 2024 Reading at Grades 4 and 8 Learn More 2022-23 Long-Term Trend Report: Students writing with pencils in classroom. NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment Results: Reading and Mathematics Learn More Long-Term Trend announcement with student working on tablet. 2023 NAEP Long-Term Trend Release Event: Presentation of Results Learn More

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