The 2024 Nation’s Report Card
The Nation's Report Card: Coming January 29, 2025
The 2024 Nation’s Report Card will be released on January 29, 2025 for the nation, states, and selected urban school districts in 4th and 8th grade math and reading. To receive information regarding the 2024 Nation’s Report Card, subscribe to the Governing Board’s newsletter.
Student Socioeconomic Status on the Nation’s Report Card
Beginning with the 2024 Nation’s Report Card, NAEP will report a new composite measure of socioeconomic status (SES). Eligibility for free and reduced-price lunch will continue to be reported on the Nation’s Report Card, along with its decades-long trends in those data, under the label “economically disadvantaged.” Learn more.
2024 Nation’s Report Card Cohorts
The 2024 Nation’s Report Card (NAEP) will provide the nation, states, and large urban school districts with critical information about how our education systems are helping students make necessary gains in math and reading in grades 4 and 8 following steep score drops in 2022. Policymakers and educators must use the information about how students are making up lost ground to accelerate efforts to help all students meet the expectations necessary to succeed in school and beyond.
The Nation’s Report Card: Experiences of the 2024 Student Cohort |
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4th Graders |
4th graders who took the 2024 Nation’s Report Card were in Kindergarten in March 2020. These students are in 5th grade in the 2024-25 school year. |
8th Graders |
8th graders who took the 2024 Nation’s Report Card were in 4th grade in March 2020. These students are in 9th grade in the 2024-25 school year. |
12th Graders |
12th graders who took the 2024 Nation’s Report Card were in 8th grade in March 2020. These students graduated high school in June 2024. If they enrolled in college, they are in their first year of postsecondary education in the 2024-25 school year. |
2022 Nation’s Report Card Cohorts
The 2022 Nation’s Report Card showed steep score declines nationwide in math and reading for students in grades 4 and 8. These cohorts of students who were:
- 4th graders in 2022 are in 7th grade in the 2024-25 school year.
- 8th graders in 2022 are in 11th grade in the 2024-25 school year.
