The National Assessment of Educational Progress, a test administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, found that two out of three children did not meet the standards for reading proficiency.,
The Assessment test was given to about 600,000 students. The average eighth grade reading score declined in more than half of the states compared to 2017.
Betsy DeVos, our beloved Secretary of the Department of Education, was alarmed. She blamed the parents. Her solution is more charter schools.
Information for this post was plagiarized from Erica L. Green and Dana Goldstein, “DeVos Calls Slump in Reading Scores a ‘Student Achievement Crisis,’” New York Times, (Oct. 31, 2019), p. A17.
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