Here's how the Seattle Times called it:
Student math and reading scores drop in Washington and nationally
Washington's scores dipped in eighth-grade math and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Fourth grade scores stayed about the same.
New results from a federal test of fourth- and eighth-graders show a first-ever decline in math scores, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
The drop from 2013 was slight — one point on the fourth-grade test and two points on the eighth-grade test on a scale that ranges from 0 to 500.
The average eighth-grade reading score also dropped two points.
Still, the scores for both grades on both tests remain substantially higher than they were in the 1990s and officials caution that it’s too soon to know if the decline is a blip, or a reversal of the longer trend.
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The test scores released Wednesday are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a measure of student achievement that is more or less consistent over time and throughout the country, unlike state achievement tests.
Washington state’s eighth-grade results for math and reading were a few points lower than in 2013 and about the same for fourth-grade. Washington also shows long-term progress for each grade and test, despite the latest dips.
Here's how the neo-communist propagandists at the Lazy C called it:
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated PressPublished: October 28, 2015, 11:28 AM
So, let me get this straight:
SEATTLE — Washington fourth- and eighth-graders appear to be learning as much in school as kids in the state did two years ago, according to the results released Wednesday of a national test on math and reading.
Washington continues to beat the national average in every age and subject category of the National Assessment of Education Progress, commonly known as the Nation’s Report Card.
In Washington, 47 percent of fourth-graders and 39 percent of eighth-graders scored at or above the proficient level in math. In reading, 40 percent of fourth-graders and 37 percent of eighth-graders hit that mark.Nationally, 40 percent of fourth-graders and 33 percent of eighth-graders scored at or above the proficient level in math. In reading, 36 percent of fourth-graders nationally and 34 percent of eighth-graders were proficient or above.The tests are given every two years to a sample of fourth- and eighth-graders across the nation. These tests allow educators to compare educational knowledge of students nationally, because unlike state-specific tests, the National Assessment of Education Progress uses the same test questions and same proficiency scores in every state.
After dumping additional billions into the horrific waste of an education plant, THIS is all we have to show for it?
47% proficient or better? In Math for 4th graders?
39% proficient or better? In math for 8th graders?
Even worse for reading?
And these WEA clowns think they need a raise?
With results like this, they ought to be forking money back over to US.
Meanwhile, we have two perspectives: that of the Seattle Times and that of our local leftist, the daily democrat.
The first is the top article, the second is the article below that.
It's not like the local rag is a WEA apologist or anything... right?
But those headlines are sure different... ain't they?
But those headlines are sure different... ain't they?
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