The new NAEP framework will also align the test more closely with the Next Generation Science Standards now adopted fully in 20 states and the District of Columbia and adapted in 24 other states.

The board typically creates the NAEP framework that lays out what’s assessed in each subject, sets achievement levels and ...

Reading and math tests are scheduled to start being administered in schools in January 2026, and so additional disruptions could derail the main NAEP assessment altogether. NAEP is taken by a sample ...

To address the critical issues of U.S. competitiveness and to better prepare the workforce, A Framework for K-12 Science Education proposes a new approach to K-12 science education that will capture ...

The 2022 history and civics results came from the federally administered National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, which is seen as the most consistent, nationally representative ...

During Mackey's tenure, there's been work to align the state test — the ACAP — with the NAEP framework, and Mackey said that these scores show that these systemic changes are working.

The NAEP tests are given every two years to randomly chosen students to track the nation’s academic progress over time. Between January and March 2024, 235,000 fourth-graders and 230,000 eighth ...

STAC has worked on a wide range of projects including the development and transition of the NAEP framework, the integration of emerging technologies into NGSS-aligned curricula, ...

NAEP reading scores continue to decline, years after Covid lockdowns. By . The Editorial Board. Share. Resize. Listen (2 min) Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel ...

And every time NAEP scores are released, education journalists write piece after piece explaining “proficient” all over again, usually in the wake of some prominent person decrying the large ...

Math and reading scores have still not recovered from COVID-19 pandemic-era school closures, according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics and reading scores ...