Chairman Miller Statement on NAEP Long Term Trends Study
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement after the National Assessment Governing Board released its report on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), which measures the performance of 9, 13 and 17 year old students in reading and math. The report, “The Nation’s Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress 2008,” studies long term trends in student achievement and was last issued in 2004. “In light of the staggeringly high dropout rate and growing threats to our nation’s competitiveness, closing the achievement gap and building world-class schools for all students must be a top priority. Overall, this report is further proof that we must do better. While it’s good news that younger students are making meaningful gains in reading and math, it’s deeply troubling that many high school students are not. We must re-double our efforts to ensure that all students, at every age, in every state, get a world-class education that fully prepares them for college and careers. Raising the bar so that all states establish challenging, rigorous standards would be an important step toward this goal.”
This week, the Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing to examine the state-led effort to develop a common core of rigorous, internationally-benchmarked standards to help prepare our students to compete in today’s global economy. To learn more about hearing, click here.
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