Why isn’t this particular
factoid at the top of the news roundup every single morning?
Last year, only 26% of
American students could claim to be proficient in math, and only 38% were good enough in reading.
Let’s say it another way:
three-quarters of American students are not proficient in math at their grade
level, and almost two-thirds don’t measure up in reading.
We’re all guilty of
allowing this to happen: school boards, teachers, parents, communities, state
and federal governments.
This really bad news
comes from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the largest
continuing monitor of student achievement in the country. The first tests were
administered in 1969. It’s a congressionally authorized project sponsored by
the U. S. Department of Education.
What are our high school teachers and administrators
thinking when they graduate young people who really can’t cut the mustard?
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