Author: Linda Jacobson, The 74

This story was originally published in The 74. Sign up for their newsletters here.A year ago, there was speculation that the Nation’s Report Card was at risk under the Trump administration. Testing experts at the Education Department had been laid off and the board in charge of the program canceled several optional tests. But now, expansion is coming in the form of additional results that could give the public more information about how students in their states are performing.The National Assessment Governing Board approved a new testing schedule Friday that allows for state-level results in 12th grade math and reading,…