NAEP Nation’s Report Card for 2017 Released

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been assessing what American students know and can do in various subject areas since 1969.  Subjects include: mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, U.S. history, and in Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL). NAEP generates the Nation’s Report Card every two years summarizing test scores by subject area, grade levels (4^th, 8^th, and 12^th), student demographics, school characteristics, etc.  With very few exceptions, the 2017 national results did not show any gains in test scores from previous years.  One of the more critical metrics is the percentage of students who score at or above proficiency. Proficiency is the target academic performance benchmark for students.  The 2017 results show that few students are at or above proficiency in all subjects.  In reading, only 37% of fourth graders, 36% of eighth graders, and 357% of twelfth grader were at or above proficiency.  In math, each subsequent assessed grade showed lower percentages of students at or above proficiency (4^thgrade at 40%, 8^thgrade at 34%, 12^thgrade at 25%).  Such scores are disappointing given the efforts made towards school improvement.

Citation:  Institute of Education Sciences. (2018). The Nation’s Report Card, 2017. NCES 2006-451. National Center for Education Statistics.

Link: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov