Slow but Steady Progress: New Amplify Data Show Why Middle-of-Year Literacy Screening Matters

With just 57% of K--2 readers on track and year-over-year gains flattening, the latest research brief underscores the urgency of data-driven instruction ...
City Journal

The Nation’s Report Card Should Trigger Alarm Bells

The newly released 2024 results of the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), contain sobering implications for education policy at the national, state, and ...
Microsoft

How AI is Powering a Literacy Breakthrough in the Philippines

Reading is a fundamental skill that underpins every aspect of a student’s learning and development. But in Bais, a quiet city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines, Venus Marie Catubay, a 33 ...
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Indiana reading jumps into Top 10 in the nation

Good news for Hoosier education — in just two years, Indiana students have improved to 6th in the nation for reading. This is according to results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational ...
Center for American Progress

How Changes to Fourth-Grade Reading Standards and Research-Backed Approaches Can Improve Reading Achievement

Four states—Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Mississippi—have shown that adopting more rigorous literacy standards and scientific approaches to reading instruction can help reverse the decline ...
WHAS11 News

Math and reading scores reach 20-year low; here's where Kentucky and Indiana stand

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Math and reading scores for 12th graders have reached an over 20-year low according to the Nation's Report Card, but Kentucky and Indiana grade school students are showing signs of ...
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Evaluation of National Assessment of Educational Progress Achievement Levels

Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on academic performance and progress of the nation's students ...
Washington Times

Nation’s report card: U.S. reading scores fall again, math shows little progress

American students have fallen further behind in reading skills since the pandemic and have made little progress in math on the standardized test known as the nation’s report card. Results released ...
The Baltimore Sun

Assessment: US fourth, eighth graders still trail pre-pandemic math, reading levels

U.S. fourth and eighth grade students are still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels in reading and math, the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores released Wednesday show. The ...
Times of San Diego

California Still Lags Behind Pre-Pandemic Reading and Math Scores on National Assessment

California students performed significantly below their pre-pandemic scores in math and reading on the latest National Assessment for Educational Progress, the results of which were released Wednesday ...
NBC Washington

Nationwide test scores show U.S. high school students falling behind in math and reading

A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...