The Christian Science Monitor – Josh Kenworthy
“American schools just got their biennial report card, and the results aren’t exactly worthy of the honor roll. Fewer than half of America’s high school seniors are prepared for college – even fewer than in 2013. The gap between the strongest and weakest performing 12th-graders in math widened in the past two years, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called “the nation’s report card.” It also showed that students in the lowest percentiles (25th and 10th) for math and reading performed worse in 2015 than in 2013. Those in upper percentiles (75th and 90th) remained steady or improved their scores. It also showed that more students had fallen below the scorecard’s lowest “basic,” category in both those subjects.”(more)