Despite a steady increase in the total cost of education, standardized test scores from the Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress have remained stagnant. These tests, which have been administered using the same questions since 1970, show that U.S. students are as equally educated now as they were 40 years ago, but education costs have increased 200%.
Despite a steady increase in the total cost of education, standardized test scores from the Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress have remained stagnant. These tests, which have been administered using the same questions since 1970, show that U.S. students are as equally educated now as they were 40 years ago, but education costs have increased 200%.