US students send the lowest reading scores in decades

The eighth graduate students’ education department is the average scores of the lowest read scores because it began to monitor national progress in 1992.

New released yield In 2024, he shows the dark form of reading skills between students on the eve of entering the secondary school for 2024, and even the results of the information in 2022 have been starting to train.

He read the scores for 8th graders fall Seven of the eight states and seven seven since 2022 have been since 2022. The results are even worse than Covid-19 Pandemic tests-8-class reading scores were lower than in 28 provinces and the 25 largest districts compared to the 2019 NAEP.

“Today’s NAEP results show a heartwarming reality for American students and confirms our worst fears: but the most behind and most supported students are far more back,” The most supported and most supported students are left behind, “Education department, released on Wednesday said in a statement. “Despite billions of dollars to invest in the federal government every year in K-12 education and about $ 190 billion in federal pandemic funds, our education system continues to fail.”

The latest Naep reading scores for 4th grade students were also low in 1992. MAtta scores remained at the level for 8th grade students and rose slightly for 4th grade students compared to 2022, although they were below the level of 2019.

The student scores at the top end of the spectrum, in the upper end of the spectrum, in some cases, in some cases, it also rises a bit, which offers a low and increasing gap.

Chronic unemployment has become a steady barrier for student learning in recent years, but NAEP data shows some improvements: 29% of students and 30% of 4th grade students were missing at least three days of school before receiving 2024 tests , 32% of the 8th grade students and in 2022 compared to 35% of 4th grade students. These ratios are still much higher than in 2019.

However, experts point to various factors that contribute to poor literacy rates for students, including schools Push students to graduate When they could not use the widespread spread of reading the basic skills and reading curriculum supported by evidence.

In 2024, a bright place in NOEP was Louisian, which was close to the bottom of the state rating, but in the last results the 4th grade reading scores saw the biggest impetus of the people. Federal and public education officials, Louisian progress, teachers are the result of teaching students, he said.

“Our intentional attention to supply teachers and leaders is one of the main factors that translates academic growth for Louisian children,” said Jenna Chiasson, Deputy State Leaders statement. “By giving teachers with meaningful professional learning, coaching and cooperation, we supported them using high quality instruction materials in students’ service.”