The official who oversees a key measure of the nation's educational progress was abruptly placed on leave by the Trump ...

The Trump administration has suspended Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, ...

An ‘institution’ for decades as the face of ‘the Nation’s Report Card,’ the NCES commissioner earned bipartisan approval as a ‘truth teller.’ ...

EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration placed Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, on leave Monday, just weeks after the nation’s yearly report card showed ...

Peggy Carr, a federal official who leads one of the country's most extensive student testing programs, known as The Nation's ...

Peggy Carr, the federal official who supervises the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called the ...

When Louisiana made gains in reading proficiency in a recent Congressionally-mandated assessment, it stuck out. NAEP — known ...

Studies have shown that scoring basic on NAEP is roughly equivalent to scoring “proficient” on many state tests. Students who ...

Around 40% of fourth-graders scored below NAEP Basic, which was the worst result in 20 years. Even though fourth-grade math scores did go up, they’re still below pre-pandemic levels. Peggy Carr ...