The nation’s report card has a hard time grading private schools
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation's report card, is struggling to grade private schools due to low participation rates. This information gap may grow as more students attend private schools or homeschool with public money, making it challenging to compare state results and assess student learning.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is the nation's report card, but it has a hard time grading private schools. Private schools aren't required to participate in the test, and not enough students take it to report distinct results. This issue has been ongoing since 2013. The problem is growing as more students attend private schools or homeschool with public money. A dispute in Florida over the state's 2024 NAEP results highlights the issue. Florida's education commissioner blamed the decline in scores on the exclusion of private school students. Experts say the increase in private school enrollment wasn't large enough to account for the decline. The low participation rate leaves an information void, making it challenging to compare state results and assess student learning.
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