2022RECORD EDUCATION DROP IS "ACADEMIC MALNOURISHMENT" Latest NAEP Scores Are More Than Pandemic-related The results of today’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show a massive decline in student achievement. One out of three students cannot do math or read at grade level. One out of four students are not able to perform even at minimal,…

Assessment Finds Majority of U.S. Students Have Declined in Core Subjects WASHINGTON D.C. (10.30.19) — The Center for Education Reform (CER), a national leader in the fight to achieve educational excellence in the United States, today issued a statement by CER founder and CEO Jeanne Allen regarding the new scores revealed this morning by the National…

THE NEW SAT. First there was the original, then there was the one they rescored years later to soften the blow, then they added writing, and subsequently many more essay questions (and took out that pesky “if this then that” analogy section). Now there’s the wholly new test – results of which are out today –…

August 28th, 2017 Statement from the Center for Education Reform A Special Report issued today by the Center for Education Reform critiquing the annual PDK poll on the public’s attitudes toward the public schools finds poll questions remain highly misleading, the public’s attitudes highly mixed, and perhaps most important and least prevalent in the PDK…

A survey of recent U.S. college graduates shows nearly 10 percent think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court.

The overall proficiency scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in math and reading among 12 graders remained unchanged in 2013 from 2009, hovering at 26 and 38 percent, respectively. The above results were drawn from a national sample of students, with an additional 14 pilot states that produced results on a state-level…

Public school students in the District of Columbia posted gains in all grade level and subject combinations on the 2013 Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) release Dec. 18. In fact, District students posted the highest gains from 2011 of any urban area in all subjects, and were the only ones to make statistically significant improvements…

Janet Barresi, Oklahoma State Superintendent and “CER at 20” panelist, is pushing for legislation that will bring new accountability standards to virtual charter schools. A strong supporter of virtual charter schools, Barresi said it’s critical for Oklahoma’s virtual schools be held to the same standards as all charter schools in the system. Currently, there are two…

Read CER's statement on the 2013 Nation's Report Card here. Download or print your PDF copy of the 2013 Nation's Report Card Reading Results for 4th and 8th Grade. [pdf issuu_pdf_id="131108153932-cf24bf4feaba4c2b9caed95502e9dcc7" layout="2" width="640" height="480" bgcolor="FFFFFF" allow_full_screen_="1" flip_timelaps="6000" ]   Download or print your PDF copy of the 2013 Nation's Report Card Mathematic Results for 4th and 8th…

The Washington Post reported on Oct. 24 that 50 percent of eighth-graders performed better than the international average in math and science, according to a comparison between standardized test results. The study analyzed the 2011 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores of American students and those of international students on Trends in International Mathematics…