After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test

In this The 74 report on the recent cancellation of NAEP's 2024-25 Long-Term Trend Age 17 assessment, Dan Goldhaber sheds light on the value of the assessment, which unlike the main NAEP, has remained unchanged for decades and allows for comparisons across generations: “It’s important that we have the long-term trend because of the consistency of the test." Read the article to see his full comments and to learn more about the cancelled NAEP assessment.