Schools Education Secretary Arne Duncan Issues Statement on the Nation’s Report Card in Math for 4th and 8th Graders by Gary Kopycinski on October 14, 2009 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Schools: Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 Amauree Williams Caps Historic Southland Career with Three State Championships June 3, 2026 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued the following statement on The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2009, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) at Grades 4 and 8: