Students who struggle in America have surpassed mathematics and reading.
The latest results from the national evaluation of educational progress (NAEP), known as the “Nation Report Card”, confirm the sharp challenges that are still five years after the epidemic is disrupted to a generation of children. In general, the results released on Wednesday draw a dark picture of academic recovery since the epidemic, especially in reading.
Full results also raise questions about what students may hinder their full academic capabilities. Chronic absenteeism, for example, is still a problem despite some improvements.
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Every two years, American school children get a report on mathematics and reading. The latest results show that students are behind them. But officials say it cannot be blamed for everything on the epidemic.
“The news is not good,” said Baiji Car, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which runs. “Students who do not come to school are not improving,” she added during a press conference on Tuesday.
Every two years, a representative sample for fourth grade students and eighth grade students in the United States takes the Naep exam, which provides a snapshot of mathematics and reading for students. The new data stems from the tests that were conducted during the first quarter of 2024.
The average reading grades for fourth and eighth grades decreased by two points since 2022, and continued to decrease before the epidemic. Less -performed students, in particular, fight to understand reading. In the tenth and twenty -five centenary students read lower levels than the levels of students three decades ago.
In addition, a significant large share of students – 40 % of fourth graders and 33 % of eighth graders – reads below the basic level of the test. This share of eighth graders is the largest registered in the date of evaluation. Efficiency in the national exam means that students have shown efficiency on the difficult topic, and this is usually with accuracy that exceeds what most countries consider collection at the level of the class. The result in the basic level of Naep indicates partial mastery of basic skills or knowledge.
If the Naep report contains any bright points, it is inside mathematics. The average mathematics for fourth grade students has increased by two points since 2022. Fourteen school areas in large cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta and Washington have also increased the average mathematics for fourth graders.
The results also emerged in Louisiana and Alabama, where the fourth grade reading and mathematics in the fourth grade showed statistically significant increases, respectively.
Raymond Hart, Executive Director of the Great City Schools Council, refers to these gains as evidence of the progress that provinces can achieve, especially with the targeted financing.
Preserving our federal, state and local investments [is] It is important to ensure that we can maintain these evidence practices and strategies that we have seen have been successful over the past few years. “
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The average mathematics degree for eighth grade students has not changed significantly- the result of its intermediate achievement gap between students with lower and higher performance.
Meanwhile, 40 % of the fourth grade students and 28 % of the eighth grade students perform at an accomplished or advanced level in mathematics tests. These proportions reflect increases from 2022.
We have made some progress, and for some countries, great progress. But it is clear that it will take some time, so I don’t think the celebration is what I see in this data. “” Hope is what I see. “
