Politicians and journalists are misinterpreting the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they face a high risk of reading difficulties.

In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...

Fourth-grade reading scores began falling years earlier, around 2015. Only one state, Louisiana, saw its 2024 fourth-grade reading scores surpass 2019 scores.

A total of 32,839 third graders took the assessment. In 2023-24, 75.7% of third graders passed the initial administration of the reading assessment. After the final retests in 2023-24, 84% of ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

The summer testing window for IREAD-3 is now open for third grade students who didn’t pass the reading assessment in March. There are early signs at Concord Community Schools that may show a ...

Fourth graders in Louisiana improved in reading compared to 2019, while Alabama fourth graders recorded higher scores in math. NCES administered the assessment between January and March of last year.