Read the full analysis and get data by state and congressional district here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

More than 70% of ALL students in Mississippi and West Virginia would lose CEP in their schools under this proposal.

Increasing the identified student percentage (ISP) threshold from 25% to 60% would take CEP away from at least 21,000 schools serving 11.4 million students.

An additional 18,000+ non-CEP schools (with 9.4 million students) would lose the ability to sign up for the program.

On further reflection, I think the adjustment does a reasonably good job of getting roughly the right low-income number at the state level. So maybe downgrade the grain of salt for Oregon's adjusted score to medium-sized!

See the discussion in the report linked here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

A quick word of caution on Oregon -- I would take their numbers with a big grain of salt (moreso than any other state) because the free lunch data are very wonky. They reported 99% eligible in 2022, which we tried to fix via imputation but may have went too far the other way.

How did your state's students score on the 2024 NAEP compared to demographically similar students nationwide?

Get the data here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Massachusetts has long done well on our adjusted rankings, but Louisiana and Mississippi were nowhere near the top 10 years ago.

Historical data and rankings (through 2019) are available here: apps.urban.org/features/naep/

In 2024, the highest adjusted NAEP scores on three out of the four NAEP tests were achieved by Mississippi's students.

Three states ranked in the top 5 on all four tests: Mississippi, Louisiana, and Massachusetts.

To facilitate better comparisons, my team at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social publishes adjusted scores that capture how well students in each state score on the NAEP compared with demographically similar students around the country.

Comparing states’ NAEP scores is misleading for many purposes because states serve very different student populations (e.g., more than 20 percent of children live in poverty in Alabama and Mississippi, compared with less than 10 percent in New Hampshire and Vermont).

Earlier this week, the federal government released the 2024 NAEP scores, which are the only nationally comparable measure of student achievement that is reported for every state on a regular basis.

The free lunch data are really funky. See more here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

@kblagg.bsky.social was the one burning the midnight oil to get these calculations done ASAP!

The full memo includes evidence-based recommendations from our @urbaninstitute.bsky.social colleagues on apprenticeships, housing, TANF, AI, and more: www.urban.org/research/pub...

We also recommend that @usedgov.bsky.social write regulations that stop wasting taxpayer dollars trying to collect old "zombie debts." This can be done in a much more targeted and responsible way than what the Biden admin attempted.