The National Center for Education Statistics operates the NAEP, and they are aware there’s an issue. On their website, the language is quite clear.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is best known for tests that track reading and math achievement but ...

A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on the status of education in the United States shows that individuals with a college degree continue to enjoy both better ...

NCES data are believed to be credible and politically objective, and need to stay that way.

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that nearly 100 institutions closed between the 2022–23 and 2023–24 academic years. Amid waves of college closures, a new report from the ...

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The report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines the state of safety and security on campuses in 2021-2022, a tumultuous year for education.

The federal agency, a data-collecting arm of the Education Department, surveyed more than 1,300 K-12 schools in mid-August, providing a glimpse into how the 2023-24 school year is shaping up.

There are 128,961 public and private K-12 schools in the U.S., according to 2019-20 data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Here’s how they break down: ...

More than half of all public schools in the country reported that they were understaffed at the start of the 2022-23 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, the ...

Children whose parents did not graduate from high school and who are poor enter kindergarten less prepared than pupils without those risk factors, and they trail other students academically ...

Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, speaks about the testing program known as "The Nation's Report Card" during a 2022 interview.