2022
RECORD EDUCATION DROP IS
“ACADEMIC MALNOURISHMENT”
Latest NAEP Scores Are More Than Pandemic-related
The results of today’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show a massive decline in student achievement. One out of three students cannot do math or read at grade level. One out of four students are not able to perform even at minimal, basic levels. According to the report’s authors, “the national average score declines in mathematics for fourth- and eighth-graders were the largest ever recorded in that subject.”
“This record plunge on NAEP scores is a continuation of bad education policy, pandemic or not,” said Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform (CER).
“This is academic malnourishment.”
Continue Reading CER’s Full Statement
2020 RESULTS ON HISTORY, CIVICS & GEOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT
The results of the latest nation’s Report Card reveal that only 15 percent of 8th grade students are proficient in history, and fewer than 24 percent and 25 percent are proficient in civics and geography, respectively. The scores disaggregated by race are more stark – with fewer than 50% of white students and only between 10-20% of minority students meeting proficiency levels depending on the subject.
The results should startle Americans.
Said Peggy Carr, the associate commissioner
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