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National Assessment Of Educational Progress Begins

1969

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “the Nation’s Report Card,” is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what U.S. students know and can do in various subject areas. Operating under the authority of the U.S. Department of Education, assessments are conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and the arts.