1. What Does NAEP Say? “NAEP, A Nation at Risk,
Seminar on
“NAEP, A Nation at Risk,
and the Future of Education Reform”
Johnson Center, Hoover Institution
Washington, D. C.
Sponsored by
Hoover Institution, Education Next
& Fordham Foundation
April 25, 2018

2. Genesis 41: 29-31 Bible, King James Version
 ”Behold, there come seven years of great plenty ,
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten
 It shall be very grievous.”
Bible, King James Version

3. “Behold, there come seven years of great plenty”
“Student achievement in the United States [between 1995 and 2009] is estimated to have increased by 1.6 percent of a st. dev. per year, on average These gains equate to 22 percent of a std. dev. When interpreted in years of schooling the [gain] was just short of the equivalent of one additional year’s worth of learning.”
Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann, “Achievement Growth,” Report, Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2012.

4. And there shall arise years of famine…
Nationwide NAEP Test Score Changes ;

5. ”and the famine shall consume the land”
NAEP Change for White, Black and Hispanic Americans

6. “all the plenty shall be forgotten…”
New York Changes in NAEP Test Scores

7. Indiana Changes in NAEP Scores

8. Florida Changes in NAEP Scores;

9. “It shall be very grievous….”
New York White, Black and Hispanic NAEP Score Changes

10. Indiana White, Black and Hispanic NAEP Score Changes

11. Florida White, Black, and Hispanic NAEP Score Changes

12. What Happens after 2009? Obama takes the Inauguration Oath
NCLB Enforcement Ends
Stimulus Package --$100 Billion for Schools
Race to the Top
Waivers from NCLB
Slow Recovery from Financial Collapse