Concerned About NAEP Long-Term Trend Results? There is a Path Forward
The recent NAEP long-term trend results are a concerning confirmation of the effect of unfinished learning on Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds and reveal the scale…
The Education Trust’s Comment Regarding the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority
May 02, 2023 by EdTrust May 1, 2023 Patrick Rooney Office of Elementary and Secondary Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3W202 Washington, D.C. 20202 Download the Letter Dear…
Science of Reading Gives Kids the Best Chance to Close the Literacy Gap
November 16, 2022 by EdTrust Last month’s national assessment of fourth-grade reading — the first since children’s lives and schooling were disrupted by the pandemic — revealed the largest decline in reading performance in 30…
NAEP Scores Are Out. Sure, Results Are Bad. But Now’s Not the Time for Handwringing
October 24, 2022 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. Today, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) released national-, state-, and district-level scores for grades 4 and 8 in mathematics and reading. This data gives a comprehensive picture of…
Civil Rights, Education and Immigration Organizations Urge Assessments to Support Student Success
September 03, 2020 by EdTrust We cannot address gaps we cannot see WASHINGTON (September 3, 2020) – “As representatives of civil rights, education, and immigration policy organizations, we agree with today’s decision by the U.S.…
The Education Trust Statement on the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress Results
April 10, 2018 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. “If we fail to educate students of color and students from low-income families, we have no future as a nation,” said King WASHINGTON (April 10, 2018) — Today John B.…