Ed News for K12 Researchers: NAEP is out - down and out, NAEP demographically adjusted, has tech ruined focus? CT, MN state test scores, who is teaching 2nd grade? Employment effect of AI : https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: NAEP is out - down and out, NAEP demographically adjusted, has tech ruined focus? CT, MN state test scores, who is teaching 2nd grade? Employment effect of AI : https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
NAEP scores are out, down and out https://www.nagb.gov/news-and-events/news-releases/2025/declines-in-8th-grade-science-and-12th-grade-math-and-reading.html
Comments on 8th grade science https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/09/naep-science-scores-drop-gender-gap-returns/?taid=68bfaa3797147900011cceea&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
States demographically adjusted NAEP scores https://www.urban.org/research/publication/states-demographically-adjusted-performance-2024-national-assessment
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ifu1AKCWc915EXhPMx0Zdrjf-KempS8pBIkJbmgkvWo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
NAEP reading reporting (you probably didn't see in your local news)
Wall Street Journal on NAEP https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/test-scores-low-reading-math-naep-d87099b6?st=cbnZqB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Literacy and NAEP proficient https://tomloveless.com/posts/literacy-and-naep-proficient/
The impact of COVID on NAEP https://www.the74million.org/article/covid-worsened-long-decline-in-12th-graders-reading-math-skills/
NAEP 12th Gd Reading https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reports/reading/2024/g12/
NAEP math https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reports/mathematics/2024/g12/
NAEP science https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reports/science/2024/
Are kids making progress in reading? It depends on your measure
Has tech ruined the ability to focus? https://www.educationnext.org/pay-attention-kid-has-digital-technology-impared-students-ability-focus/
Why do test scores keep falling? https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-student-test-scores-keep-falling-whats-really-to-blame/2025/09
CA changed how it taught science, but not its test scores
How MI schools are addressing chronic absenteeism https://detroitpeer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/How-Are-Michigans-Schools-Addressing-Chronic-Absenteeism.pdf https://detroitpeer.org/research_type/policy-report/
The outcome of college and career readiness at San Jose High https://gardnercenter.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/SJA_Yr_5_Research_Brief_final.pdf
Who gets into elite colleges and how it impacts their lives
Reform school finance, increase inequities. https://www.aera.net/Newsroom/State-School-Finance-Reforms-Increased-Racial-and-Ethnic-Funding-Inequities-New-Study-Finds
Kids not in school is an intl issue, 290 million kids strong https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/460857/kids-school-rate-drop-unicef-report
The status of anti admin litigation https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-status-of-litigation-against-the-trump-administrations-k-12-education-agenda-a-guide-for-education-leaders/?b=1
Giving good principals autonomy works https://www.nber.org/papers/w34216
Math education in low income schools https://theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/09/03/explicit-or-social-constructivist-new-research-on-math-education-in-disadvantaged-schools/
The employment effects of AI https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf
How different states fund schools https://about.burbio.com/state-funding-sources
Who do you have teaching second grade?
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/01623737251348202
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