The U.S. Department of Education has abruptly canceled a national test of 17-year-olds after saying just last week that its recent round of cuts would not impact the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
One of three long-term studies that has measured student performance in math and reading since the 1970s, the assessment was set to begin in March and run through May.
But Westat, a research organization handling the assessment for the National Center for Education Statistics, notified state officials Wednesday that the department had canceled the test.
