One of the most striking features of the troubling results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress is the much lower percentage of students scoring proficient on NAEP than on many states’ own 2024 standardized exams.
By now, you’ve likely seen the results: modest improvements in math, but not enough to get students back to pre-pandemic performance levels; fourth graders fell further behind in reading; a record 34% of eighth graders scored “below basic” in reading.
