Thursday, March 25, 2010

Not a passing grade

The results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress reading test are in and, once more, they are not good. In the years since 1992, the average for eighth-graders has gone from 260 to 264; fourth-graders went from 217 to 221. While the increase is anemic, what really gets me is that the maximum score is 500 and our kids score is less than 60%, which in some circles is considered a failing grade.

We're also not doing well in mathematics. Again, there was an improvement in scores, but the final average scores were still under 60%.

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