National math test scores for fourth and eighth graders remain flat, which is to say terrible.
The average fourth grader in this country got less than 50% of the test questions right. More than 60% of American fourth graders are at or below the recommended proficiency level.
So who’s doing well and who’s doing badly? No one’s doing well, and everyone’s doing badly.
The top state? Massachusetts, with 57% at or above proficiency level.
The bottom state? Mississippi, with 16% at or above proficiency level.
The average eighth grader managed to answer 56.6% of the test questions correctly. Nearly 2/3 of American eighth graders are at or below the recommended proficiency level.
No Child Left Behind? Performance on the test improved at a faster rate in the years before this pointless law was passed.
The American educational system is failing America.
But no one’s going to do much about it, because that involves pissing off important groups: teachers, parents, and school administrators.
Kids don’t vote, so nobody worries about screwing around with them.
Gorilla says: “I believe they call it the low expectations of soft idiocy!”
