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

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

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

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 ...

The Best Mom, and Gourmet Cook, to ever live, Margaret “Peggy” Carr passed away peacefully on Friday, December 27, 2024, at the age of 74 surrounded by her family. Peggy Conroy was born on ...

“The Nation’s Report Card is out and the news is not good,” said Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, on a news conference call last week to discuss ...

BOARDMAN — Peggy Taafe Lesigonich passed away peacefully, Thursday evening, Jan. 30, 2025, at St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center, with her beloved daughters by her side, holding her hand as she ...

As scores on a national biennial test of math and reading continued a downward slide that started in 2019, South Carolina students held steady, improved or at least declined at a slower rate ...

Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), has been studying these declines closely. She pointed to remote schooling and widespread disruptions as factors that ...

“The news is not good,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which oversees the assessment. “We are not seeing the progress we need to regain the ground our ...