Posted on 05/02/2018 5:55:14 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Sixty-five percent of the eighth graders in American public schools in 2017 were not proficient in reading and 67 percent were not proficient in mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress test results released by the U.S. Department of Education.
The results are far worse for students enrolled in some urban districts.
Among the 27 large urban districts for which the Department of Education published 2017 NAEP test scores, the Detroit public schools had the lowest percentage of students who scored proficient or better in math and the lowest percentage who scored proficient or better in reading.
Only 5 percent of Detroit public-school eighth graders were proficient or better in math. Only 7 percent were proficient or better in reading.
In the Cleveland public schools, only 11 percent of eight graders were proficient or better in math and only 10 percent were proficient or better in reading.
In the Baltimore public schools, only 11 percent were proficient or better in math and only 13 percent were proficient or better in reading.
In the Fresno public schools, only 11 percent were proficient or better in math and only 14 percent were proficient or better in reading.
Among the states, Louisiana public elementary schools did the worst in teaching students math and New Mexico public elementary schools did the worst job teaching reading.
In the Louisiana public schools, only 19 percent of the eighth graders were proficient or better in math and only 25 percent were proficient or better in reading.
In the New Mexico public schools, only 24 percent were proficient or better in reading and only 20 percent were proficient or better in math.
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See we have an indoctrination system, not an education system. The teachers union in an organized paedophilia society that believes sex with children is a fringe benefit. To improve the education in the USA the Federal Department of education and teacher unions must be eliminated! Education control needs to be controlled by local government. Not an appointed unaccountable political tool. Especially in the age of a Dictatorial Democratic party.
But I’m sure they’re expert at using people’s preferred pronouns...
Don’t be so critical. These kids are experts when it comes to putting a condom on a cucumber. Who needs math?
The whole idea of desegregation, and then getting the government involved in the schools was to drag public education downward, and look, they’ve succeeded in doing just that. Will wonders never cease?
Now there needs to be graphs for how the teachers ranked in math and reading.
Even the top ranking areas with 30 to 40 percent, it’s appalling. This is what we’re getting for our high property tax dollars.
The only solution is to dumb down our expectations in proficiency.
But the little Borg babies ARE getting a DNC education - rutting, rioting and checkyourprivelige-matic. It’s all good.
We have the same program here in Kentucky. Mainly, what it did was... Convince more students (and parents) to sign up for “Basic” classes, rather than Advanced classes.. to make SURE they got A’s and B’s and got their Keys Scholarship money.
Hell, my own wife wanted me to do that with my two sons. I refused. I told her, “I’d rather they make C’s in Algebra II than A’s his long division”. Of course, they ended up making A’s and B’s in advanced classes, and did just fine in college.
Meanwhile, their High School celebrated 20 “Valedictorians”... all with a 4.0 GPA... 100% from “Basic” level classes. It was disgusting. NOT ONE of the students who actually took hard classes was recognized for their outstanding academic achievement. Well, not overall anyway. Many received outside scholarships and individual awards from teachers.
We have the same program here in Kentucky. Mainly, what it did was... Convince more students (and parents) to sign up for “Basic” classes, rather than Advanced classes.. to make SURE they got A’s and B’s and got their Keys Scholarship money.
Hell, my own wife wanted me to do that with my two sons. I refused. I told her, “I’d rather they make C’s in Algebra II than A’s his long division”. Of course, they ended up making A’s and B’s in advanced classes, and did just fine in college.
Meanwhile, their High School celebrated 20 “Valedictorians”... all with a 4.0 GPA... 100% from “Basic” level classes. It was disgusting. NOT ONE of the students who actually took hard classes was recognized for their outstanding academic achievement. Well, not overall anyway. Many received outside scholarships and individual awards from teachers.
Marxist Education/Indoctrination BUMP...
Set up a system like that and it will be ‘gamed’ all day, every day.
Good for your sons!!
Knew these things 25 yrs ago so I homeschooled both of my kids. I gave up a career and all that goes with it and I have never regretted one minute of it. Happily gave up things. Did without. Made my own groceries, grew veggies, etc. Son is 28, Computer Engineer. Daughter is 25, Studio Artist working for a hospitality art firm.
Son went to Grove City College which does not take federal money. Daughter went to SCAD got a huge academic scholarship. She called me during her freshman year, surprised her cohorts were not well-read, could not construct complete sentences, thoughts. “Mom, my friends are dumb.”
Ours are planning a walk out this month.
Between sight reading (or whatever it is called now) and Common Core Math, there are no basics being taught. I cannot believe how willing most people are to put up with the garbage our local school system dishes out. Every year, they shuffle kids around to fulfill quotas. We know families with some kids in traditional schools AND year-round schools. One family that was on the news had TWINS that were in different school calendars. Family friends kindergartener passed three schools closer to home to her assigned school and then was transferred to different schools each of the following two years. That alone would be enough to dump public Ed. But people here act like it is NORMAL.
Not to mention kids crying because they cannot do their schoolwork (common core) and parents unable to help them solve the problems traditionally. Those answers counted wrong.
Here in California, 50% of 8th graders are Hispanic. Many of their parents are illiterate and uneducated, unable to read to children at home or help them with their homework. Throw in the idiocy of common core and it is no surprise we are raising a generation of helpless dunces.
That 55% of all grade school Californians are hispanic means, in 2 generations, California will be 55% hispanic. Good luck with that. Hispanics wont share political power the way non-hispanic whites have done.
That is what caused me to make the decision to send my girls to a local Catholic school. Both of my daughters went to Catholic schools K-12. We took a financial hit, as a family, but, I never regretted doing it.
I agree! My daughters are now in their mid-50s and my property taxes have continued to increase to pay for the local school district.
Too bad we are not able to have comparable data from the 1960 HS graduates vs. these recent grads.
The 1960 data would blow the recent grads out of the water in both math and reading levels.
Back then, students weren’t passed up to the next grade until they passed required courses.
We generally had better teachers then that weren’t bent toward teaching a political doctrine, but instead stuck to course materials. ....I failed courses after each of the 9th, 10th and 11th grades (in each case the courses were taught by Coaches) and had to attend Summer School to retake those courses, making As and Bs each time because the SS teachers knew HOW to teach.
After my Navy service, I earned an AAS, BBA and MBA.
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