Schools Education Secretary Duncan Issues Statement on The Nation’s Report Card in Reading for 4th, 8th Graders by Gary Kopycinski on March 24, 2010 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)–March 24, 2010. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today issued the following statement on The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2009, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) at Grades 4 and 8: