Further information re: 2024 NAEP scores

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (Nation’s Report Card) scores released this week were depressing for New Mexico as we ranked dead last in each of the categories tested (4th grade reading/math and 8th grade reading/math). Someone put together a cumulative index of all 50 states and categories which you can see below. It isn’t pretty but it is useful.

On a more hopeful note (at least for school choice advocates) you can see that Catholic schools perform MUCH better than either traditional public or charter schools. New Mexico has many great Catholic schools and they are reasonably priced (though not “free”). Of course, RGF advocates for school choice and Tennessee became the latest state to embrace private school choice.