Far too few US students are proficient in math and reading. It is time to fundamentally change the system.
There is a crucial need for reform and expertise from countries that outperform the US should be sought.test known as the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, revealed that math scores for U.S. students hit all-time low, part of an ongoing downward trend in both reading and math achievement.
As a thought problem, take a step back and ask fundamental questions about what levels the US should be striving for in terms of student proficiency in math and reading, and when the evidence base clearly indicates that individual students are not only not improving, but are not meeting minimal proficiency levels in key subjects such as math and reading.
As I write about these common-sense metrics, I must confess that I am truly shocked that even these minimal standards for educational achievement in terms of individual student performance have long since been eclipsed—and not in a positive way. There are reams of data available to support the assertion that US students are all too often fall below 50% proficient in math and reading—and this is not the product of “cherry picked” data.
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