From the IES Director: A Look at the New NAEP Science Scores

On May 25, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) released the latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment. IES Director Mark Schneider said that in the world of student performance as reflected in NAEP, “no change in scores” is about the best news there is. And so it is with the latest science results: little change overall, with students at the bottom of the score distribution falling even further behind.

Read the complete blog here: If It Wasn’t for Bad News, Would There Be Any News at All?, May 26, 2021