Thank you, Tonya Matthews, for that kind introduction and for your service as Acting Chair. Thank you to all our National Assessment Governing Board members for maintaining our “national yardstick” of student achievement.
Since 1992 the Nation’s Report Card has provided a comprehensive view of the state of American education. It shows us where our students are, and where they should go. It gives America’s parents, her teachers, and her leaders a detailed picture of student achievement—or, in all too many cases, a lack thereof.