Since the 1970s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has monitored student performance in reading and math for students ages nine, 13 and 17. These assessments, known as The Nation’s Report Card, measure students’ educational progress over long periods to identify and monitor trends in academic performance. However, the NAEP, which was scheduled to be given this March through May, has been cancelled by the U.S. Department of Education USDE .
With the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDE) cancellation of the NAEP for 17-year-olds, education researchers are losing one resource for evaluating post-high school readiness, although some say the test was already a missed opportunity since it hadn’t been administered since 2012 due to the pandemic.
The USDE cited funding issues in its cancellation of the exam.
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