USDE Cancels NAEP (February 28, 2025)

Since the 1970s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has monitored student performance in reading and math for students ages nine, 13 and 17. These assessments, known as The Nationā€™s Report Card, measure studentsā€™ educational progress over long periods to identify and monitor trends in academic performance. However, the NAEP, which was scheduled to be given this March through May, has been cancelled by the U.S. Department of Education USDE .

With the U.S. Department of Educationā€™s (USDE) cancellation of the NAEP for 17-year-olds, education researchers are losing one resource for evaluating post-high school readiness, although some say the test was already a missed opportunity since it hadnā€™t been administered since 2012 due to the pandemic.

The USDE cited funding issues in its cancellation of the exam.

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