Is Our Children Learning? (A look at National NAEP scores)

As an educator, I hear it all the time. Students are less prepared than they used to be. Curriculum is less rigorous. But is there any data to back this up? As it turns out, there is! The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a set of tests given every two years to 4th, 8th and 12th graders across the country.1 These tests are sometimes called “The Nation’s Report Card,” and the…