The Financial Literacy Progress & Efficacy Assessment

A free assessment offered by Penn State Behrend and NGPF

In the 2024-2025 school year 721 teachers from 48 states administered the Financial Literacy Progress and Efficacy Assessment. 38,002 students took the pre-assessment, 16,392 students took the post-assessment, and we were able to match 13,369 total results.

NOTE

81% of teachers using the assessment indicated they use NGPF as their primary curriculum

 

PRE - %

POST - %

% IMPROVEMENT

EARNING INCOME

PRE - 46.43%

POST - 75.45%

IMPROVEMENT - 29.02%

INVESTING

PRE - 40.65%

POST - 58.31%

IMPROVEMENT - 17.65%

MANAGING CREDIT

PRE - 45.50%

POST - 66.35%

IMPROVEMENT - 20.86%

MANAGING RISK

PRE - 40.09%

POST - 65.48%

IMPROVEMENT - 25.39%

SAVING

PRE - 46.10%

POST - 67.96%

IMPROVEMENT - 21.86%

SPENDING

PRE - 60.76%

POST - 81.32%

IMPROVEMENT - 20.56%

TOTAL

PRE - 46.85%

POST - 69.29%

IMPROVEMENT - 22.44%