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Nicolle Grayson
“TODAY’S NAEP RESULTS
ARE SOBERING”
Ed Trust on the results of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP
Ed Trust on the results of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP
WASHINGTON (October 28, 2015) — Kati Haycock, president of TheEducation Trust, issued the following statement on the release of results from
the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP.
“Any way you look at it, today’s NAEP results
are sobering. Compared with results from 2013, scores for the nation’s
low-income students and students of color mirror those of all other students:
mostly flat or declining performance.
“While there may be plausible explanations for
these patterns — among them the disruptions caused by the transition to new
standards — any interruption of the slow but steady progress these groups have
made over the past two decades is cause for great concern. With fewer than 1 in
4 low-income students and students of color meeting the proficient or advanced
levels, the nation cannot afford anything less than accelerated improvement for
these groups, who now make up the majority of our K-12 student body.
“Education leaders at the national, state, and
local levels must do a clear-eyed assessment of what’s working and what’s not,
and redouble efforts to drive improvement for all students, especially our most
vulnerable.”
NOTE: The Education Trust will release an analysis of national, state, and district data later today.
Please check back at EdTrust.org/NAEP2015 or follow us on Twitter @EdTrust
for up-to-date news on NAEP.
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The Education Trust is a
nonprofit advocacy organization that promotes high academic achievement for all
students at all levels, pre-kindergarten through college. Its goal is to close
the gaps in opportunity and achievement that consign far too many young people
— especially those from low-income families or who are black, Latino, or
American Indian — to lives on the margins of the American mainstream.
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