CNN

Test scores for 8th-grade students decline in US history and civics following prior declines in math and reading, report says

Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as ...
PBS

Poor test scores reveal shortcomings in students' understanding of history and civics

Eighth-grade U.S. history and civics test scores dropped last year to their lowest levels ever recorded by the Department of Education. These are just the latest declines among subjects tested since ...
Education Week

Fewer Subjects, Students, Data Points: Feds to Scale Back NAEP

The nation’s report card will skip a few subjects, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm last month. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, the only ...
NPR

8th-graders' history and civics scores drop on a national test

Jonathan Collins, a professor of political science, public policy and education at Brown University, talks about the so-called "Nation's Report Card" on civics and U.S. history. The so-called Nation's ...