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NAEP results tell the U.S. and the rest of the world that 50% of all graduating U.S. high schoolers cannot read, write, or do arithmetic at NAEP proficiency.

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NAEP

NAPE (rhymes with cape) is a 1969 Congressional Act, the National Assessment of Educational Progress. It is often referred to by Big Media as the “nation’s report card.” As its name suggests, NAEP is an assessment. Every two years test questions are given to a sampling of students across the U.S. in the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades. 

External link to the National Assessment Governing Board:  nagb.gov

According to NAEP, 50% of all graduating U.S. high schoolers lack proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

When NAEP results are published (every two years) Big Media has a field day. The sad, “near-criminal” NAEP results are a “cruel handicap” for the unfortunate 50%. 

NAEP results are a “gut punch” to the United States, to K-12 teachers, and to parents.

NAEP findings generally seem to be viewed as a proxy for the performance of K-12 students in America’s K-12 school system, and (in the view of HSe4Metrics, incorrectly) as a proxy for the ability of the nation’s K-12 school system.

By introducing the NAEP Act, Congress may have been guided by the old adage, “What gets measured gets fixed.”

Although this principle in the case of NAEP has gruesomely failed for decades, NAEP assessments hold significant potential as a tool for validating the effectiveness of the HSe4Metrics social media app. This app aims to drive a dramatic improvement in K-12 student performance nationwide.

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