What’s caused reading scores to drop to worst point in decades? Education expert weighs in
Math and reading scores dropped to their lowest levels in more than two decades among high school seniors. That's according to the Nation’s Report Card put out by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. It shows that student achievement has continued to decline since the pandemic. There are many theories about what’s going on, and William Brangham explored some of that with Thomas Kane.
Amna Nawaz:
Math and reading scores have dropped to their lowest levels in more than two decades among high school seniors.
William Brangham reports on new test scores that have many educators and other experts concerned.
William Brangham:
That's right, Amna. These scores come from the latest so-called Nation's Report Card, which is put out by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it shows that student achievement has continued to decline significantly since the pandemic.
Among high school seniors, the average reading score last year was the lowest since the assessment began in 1992. What's worse, nearly a third of seniors did not have the basic reading skills needed to find the details in a given text to understand its meaning. Average math scores also slipped to their lowest levels since 2005.
There are many theories about what is going on here.
And so, to explore some of that, we are joined by Thomas Kane. He's a professor of education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
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