PTA, NBC News, and GreatSchools Announce Education Nation Scorecard

Education Nation Scorecard
National PTA® has partnered with NBC News, GreatSchools, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other organizations to create the Education Nation Scorecard.  The tool provides useful and clear information about performance at individual schools, districts, states, and for the nation as a whole.

Parents can use the tool to look up their child's school and to see how it is doing compared to schools in the community, district, state, and nation. Parents can also use it to view graduation rates, NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores, and to see if your state has adopted the Common Core State Standards, among other things.

More importantly, parents can use this information to have conversations with their child's teacher to find out how they can support their child's education. They can find a list of questions on the scorecard under "What Can I Do?" to help start the conversation with your child's teacher or principal.