“Dismal.” “A train wreck.” That’s how people have characterized the results of this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The NAEP assesses fourth and eighth-graders’ performance in reading and math every other year. Test results had been trending upward since the early 1990s, but the results released last month indicated a drop in both math and reading among middle-schoolers nationally. Nevada students didn’t fare any better.
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