NAEP Archives

Offering books featuring favorite licensed characters can engage young readers

April 10, 2025 by Britten Follett

If a student selects his or her own book based on their own interests, they are much more likely to stay engaged with reading.

Holden, my 21-month-old, has fallen in love. His early morning snack and “couch time” includes a dose of “Tiger!” This is toddler for, “Mom, turn on Daniel Tiger’s…

Literacy

We are just beginning the uphill climb to improve student reading scores

March 10, 2025 by Laura Stewart, 95 Percent Group

The solution to low reading scores is a complicated one--one that requires focused attention and action to help students succeed via reading instruction.

Millions--probably billions--of dollars invested. Not to mention the blood, sweat, and tears of hundreds of thousands of teachers. And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on…

District Management

NAEP scores show disheartening trends for the lowest-performing students

February 24, 2025February 6, 2025 by Kalyn Belsha and Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat

The pandemic had a lasting impact on students, but the gap between high- and low-NAEP performers appears to have started about a decade ago.

Most American students are still performing below their pre-pandemic counterparts in reading and math, while the yawning gap between high-achieving and low-performing students got even wider, data from…

District Management

Ensure Your District is Data Ready with this Free Playbook

February 1, 2024 by Content Provided by Digital Promise

An effective interoperable data solution will help educators identify and address district opportunity gaps and outcomes.

Unprecedented funding has flowed into districts over the last several years as part of pandemic support and recovery efforts. As a result of this increased investment in technology,…

School Management

Addressing the root causes of chronic K-12 absenteeism

January 15, 2024 by Jeremy Glauser, Founder and CEO, eLuma

Chronic absenteeism is a challenge, particularly after the pandemic--here are strategies to understand the root cause and address it.

More children than ever are skipping school. The latest data shows that the number of public school students who miss at least 10 percent of their school days—whether…

Newsline

U.S. Education Secretary Appoints Baldwin Schools Superintendent to Board Overseeing the Nation’s Report Card

November 6, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today appointed Baldwin Union Free School District Superintendent Shari Camhi to serve on the National Assessment Governing ... Read more

STEM & STEAM Trends

5 ways to help students struggling with algebra due to learning loss

August 29, 2023 by Henry Price, Senior Manager of Training and Curriculum, The Princeton Review & Tutor.com

Without a strong understanding of algebra, many students find later math studies challenging, particularly in light of pandemic learning loss - high-dosage tutoring may help

Since the pandemic, students have struggled markedly in math, particularly algebra. According to NAEP Mathematics Assessment data, eighth-graders’ algebra scores were eight points lower in 2022 than in…

Teaching Trends

Making the grade: How to spur achievement after NAEP declines

July 6, 2023 by Aaron McCloud, Founder & CEO, Intervene K-12

Declining NAEP scores are a warning sign that a new approach is needed to effectively address learning challenges and student achievement.

For decades, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has pursued a mission to monitor student academic performance, providing insights into educational progress and long-term trends. It’s a…

Machine Learning in Education

6 ways AI tools will impact tutoring

December 12, 2023May 30, 2023 by Laura Ascione

Advances in AI and resources like ChatGPT are expanding opportunities for students to learn--here's how tutoring can benefit.

As the layers of post-pandemic classrooms are peeled back and learning losses become more evident, schools are searching for effective means to improve student achievement. Tutoring plays a…

Online & Hybrid Learning

Online tutoring is changing how we support our students

April 10, 2023 by Patrick Williams, Principal, Baker Charter Schools

Online tutoring gives our students access to the critical academic support they need, even outside traditional school hours

As the latest results from the National Assessment of Academic Progress (NAEP) make clear, we have a long way to go to ensure that our students are achieving…

District Management

What do superintendents really think of the NAEP?

July 28, 2023April 5, 2023 by Doug Roberts, Founder and CEO, Institute for Education Innovation

There’s no question the pandemic has taken a toll on learning--but superintendents say there's more behind the NAEP results.

Last October, newspapers around the country reported the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card. And just like in previous…

Newsline

Mathletics Announces US Winners of 2023 ‘World Math Day’

March 28, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK – On March 8, 2023, 296,090 students from around the world took part in ‘World Math Day’, an ... Read more

Literacy

How to evaluate literacy programs that pledge to accelerate learning

March 22, 2023 by Liz Brooke, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Chief Learning Officer, Lexia

Schools should be able to verify the literacy programs they choose is grounded in the science of reading and has proven itself in classrooms.

The NAEP results in late 2022 revealed that reading scores fell for both fourth and eighth grade readers as a result of the pandemic. Only 33 percent of…

COVID in Schools

Finding the learning loss data needed to drive learning recovery

February 21, 2023February 16, 2023 by Dr. Melody Schopp, Director of Education Industry Consulting, SAS

Equipped with a trove of valuable learning loss data, states can understand their own unique and evolving challenges.

The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Report Card on learning loss was a sobering but not unexpected reckoning for how deeply and broadly the pandemic impacted student…

Digital Innovation

Only out-of-the-box solutions will fix the real problems in schools

December 12, 2022 by Michael B. Horn, Co-Founder & Distinguished Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute

The schools we have do exactly what they were built to do—which is at odds with the society we inhabit today and the innovation we want to see

As members of the media have bemoaned the tragic results of students on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—also known as the nation’s report card—many have…

Curriculum & Assessment

Foundational literacy is key to reversing post-COVID reading declines

December 9, 2022 by Dean Elson, Chief Knowledge Officer, Reading Partners

We need schools, communities and individuals working together on equitable opportunities to put students on the path to reading proficiency.

Our first look at long-term trends in reading and math assessments since the pandemic began affirm what many education professionals were anticipating. The National Association for Educational Progress…

STEM & STEAM Trends

Students are still behind in math–what needs to change?

November 29, 2022 by Jeanette Nicholas, Teacher, Belle Fourche Middle School

$Educators face the daunting task of addressing lost instructional time from the pandemic, while also managing drops in math achievement and teaching grade-level content$

As students return to class this fall, K–12 teachers and administrators face many challenges—and math instruction is high on the list.

Curriculum & Assessment

Understanding historical trends and patterns in student data

November 28, 2022 by By Dr. Rachel Brown, Senior Research Consultant, Renaissance Learning

Historical student data review helps teachers identify and address the most urgent learning needs in their classrooms

Educators, students, and families weathered historic interruptions in learning over the past few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Student achievement, predicted to slide in the ongoing chaos,…

Literacy

10 educator suggestions to instill a love of reading in students

December 7, 2022December 10, 2020 by Britten Follett, Executive Vice President, Follett School Solutions

These tips and recommendations can help students learn to read, read to learn, and learn to love reading--because a love of reading is a great thing to have

My husband quite often reminds me not to use my behavior as a child OR an adult as an indicator of others’… because I’m weird. From the moment…

Classroom Innovations

7 strategies to improve vocabulary instruction

January 23, 2020January 21, 2020 by Stephanie McKew, M.Ed.

A decline in knowledge could be reversed with new approaches to vocabulary instruction.

Two-thirds of students in the U.S. are struggling with reading and the gap is widening, according to recent NAEP testing. Although insufficient decoding skills are typically thought to…

Teaching Trends

The other gap that schools aren’t talking about—relationships

January 25, 2023September 3, 2018 by Julia Freelance Fisher

The NAEP scores released in April set off a flurry of headlines about the sobering state of achievement gaps across the nation. The general consensus? Despite pockets of…

Ancillary

The other gap that schools aren’t talking about—relationships

September 5, 2018August 28, 2018 by By Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research at the Christensen Institute

The NAEP scores released in April set off a flurry of headlines about the sobering state of achievement gaps across ... Read more

IT Management

Tests show U.S. students struggle to explain answers

June 20, 2012June 19, 2012 by From wire service reports

American children do much better identifying the correct answers to simple scientific tasks than using evidence from their experiments to explain those answers.

STEM & STEAM

Study: Eighth-grade students still lag in science

May 11, 2012May 10, 2012 by From wire service reports

Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing slightly better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal…

Curriculum

U.S. students fare poorly in civics understanding

May 5, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Roughly three-quarters of U.S. students failed to reach proficiency in a national exam testing their awareness of civics last year—a result that severely undermines the nation’s democracy, some…

Curriculum

Fewer than half of students proficient in science

July 28, 2011January 25, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The nation’s students are still struggling in science, with fewer than half considered proficient and just a tiny fraction showing the advanced skills that could lead to careers…

Research

Proficiency of black students is found to be far lower than expected

November 9, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

An achievement gap separating black from white students has long been documented — a social divide extremely vexing to policy makers and the target of one blast of…

Curriculum

Reading scores hold steady on nationwide test

March 25, 2010March 24, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The reading scores for fourth- and eighth-grade students on a national test held mostly steady last year, continuing a stubborn trend of minimal improvement across most racial, economic,…

Offering books featuring favorite licensed characters can engage young readers

We are just beginning the uphill climb to improve student reading scores

NAEP scores show disheartening trends for the lowest-performing students

Ensure Your District is Data Ready with this Free Playbook

Addressing the root causes of chronic K-12 absenteeism

U.S. Education Secretary Appoints Baldwin Schools Superintendent to Board Overseeing the Nation’s Report Card

5 ways to help students struggling with algebra due to learning loss

Making the grade: How to spur achievement after NAEP declines

6 ways AI tools will impact tutoring

Online tutoring is changing how we support our students

What do superintendents really think of the NAEP?

Mathletics Announces US Winners of 2023 ‘World Math Day’

How to evaluate literacy programs that pledge to accelerate learning

Finding the learning loss data needed to drive learning recovery

Only out-of-the-box solutions will fix the real problems in schools

Foundational literacy is key to reversing post-COVID reading declines

Students are still behind in math–what needs to change?

Understanding historical trends and patterns in student data

10 educator suggestions to instill a love of reading in students

7 strategies to improve vocabulary instruction

The other gap that schools aren’t talking about—relationships

The other gap that schools aren’t talking about—relationships

Tests show U.S. students struggle to explain answers

Study: Eighth-grade students still lag in science

U.S. students fare poorly in civics understanding

Fewer than half of students proficient in science

Proficiency of black students is found to be far lower than expected

Reading scores hold steady on nationwide test

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

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New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

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