{"id":2406168,"date":"2025-02-24T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-puts-nces-commissioner-on-leave-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:35:18","slug":"trump-puts-nces-commissioner-on-leave-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-puts-nces-commissioner-on-leave-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump puts NCES commissioner on leave &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-puts-nces-commissioner-on-leave-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2062 article discusses the recent decision by \u2064the \u2064Trump administration to place Peggy Carr, \u200bthe commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), on administrative leave. This action came \u2064shortly after the \u2062release of disappointing National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores, indicating important declines in math and reading proficiency \u200bfor students, \u200dreflecting a downward trend exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Carr, appointed by former President Joe Biden in September 2021, has not been terminated and will remain on paid leave pending a review.The report highlighted that eighth graders experienced their lowest scores in over twenty years, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fourth graders&#8217; reading scores<\/a> also falling to a two-decade low. The article notes that \u2063while President Trump has undertaken measures to reverse some of BidenS\u200d educational policies, no \u2062concrete plan to dismantle \u2064the Department \u200bof Education has been proposed.Furthermore, the administration has made various executive decisions impacting education, including \u2064promoting school \u2062choice and counteracting vaccination mandates in \u2062schools.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump puts Education Department official on leave following dismal NAEP report card<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2018456\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;&nbsp;<\/strong>The Trump administration placed Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, on leave Monday, just weeks after the nation&rsquo;s yearly report card showed mathematics and reading scores <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3303198\/naep-test-scores-show-effect-pandemic-era-school-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"plummetin\">plummetin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3303198\/naep-test-scores-show-effect-pandemic-era-school-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"g \">g <\/a>to two-decade lows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> appointed Carr to serve as commissioner in September 2021, following a nearly 20-year career atop NCES&rsquo;s Assessment Division. Carr has not been terminated, according to Department of Education officials, and will continue to receive pay until a review of her employment is completed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3303198\/naep-test-scores-show-effect-pandemic-era-school-closures\/\"><strong>EDUCATION TEST SCORES SHOW AFTERMATH OF PANDEMIC SCHOOL CLOSURES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, the Department placed Peggy Carr, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) at IES who was appointed under the Biden Administration, on administrative leave,&rdquo; a Department of Education spokesperson told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;We thank Peggy for her service to the Department of Education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Carr&rsquo;s leave comes less than one month after she delivered the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress scores.<\/p>\n<p>That report showed reading and math scores for eighth graders hitting their lowest point in more than two decades, continuing the downward trend among students following the COVID-19 pandemic. Fourth grade reading scores similarly fell to a 20-year low, but fourth grade math scores improved slightly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Nation&rsquo;s Report Card is out and the news is not good,&rdquo; Carr told reporters after the report was released last month. &ldquo;Overall, student achievement has not returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">pre-pandemic levels<\/a>, so the struggle continues.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has taken significant steps to roll back former Biden&rsquo;s education priorities but has yet to propose a plan to shutter the Department of Education entirely, as he promised to do on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>Linda McMahon, Trump&rsquo;s pick to be the next secretary of education, saw her nomination advance out of committee late last week along party lines.<\/p>\n<p>During her confirmation hearing, McMahon vowed to &ldquo;reorient&rdquo; the Department of Education and said Trump&rsquo;s promise to shutter the department entirely would require congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Certainly President Trump&nbsp;understands that we&rsquo;ll be working with Congress, we&rsquo;d like to do this right,&rdquo; she told senators at the time. &ldquo;We&rsquo;d like to make sure that we are presenting a plan that I think our senators could get on board with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3320642\/trump-executive-order-end-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ABOLISH COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the president has signed a number of school-focused executive actions. That list includes an executive order directing the federal government to prioritize school choice options when awarding education-related grants, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-workforce-cutting-charges-up-the-virginia-governor-race-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Federal workforce cutting charges up the Virginia governor race - Washington Examiner\">order barring transgender athletes<\/a> from competing in women&rsquo;s sports, and an order directing the federal government to terminate any funding directed to schools that still mandate students be vaccinated against coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Trump administration has already fired or suspended more than 100 career Department of Education employees, while Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have withdrawn dozens of Department of Education contracts, according to the<em> Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2018456\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2018456\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump places Education official on leave after poor NAEP scores<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2406169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-education.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4563,51006,3634],"class_list":["post-2406168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-commissioner","tag-nces","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-education.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406172,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406168\/revisions\/2406172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}