Despite nearly two decades of state and federal standards-and-testing, as well as big increases in spending, today’s reading results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress – the so-called “Nation’s Report Card” — continue to tell a tale of stagnation. Nationally, the average fourth-grade score was 217 (out of 500) in 1992. In 2009 it was only 221. For eighth grade, the average score in 1992 was 260. In 2009 it was just 264. Oh, and eighth-graders had hit 264 by 1998, which means there hasn’t been even a smidgen of improvement since then.
As parents or educators of gifted students, it’s important that we pay close attention to reports such as the one just release by the NAEP- the “Nation’s Report Card”. Unfortunately, the report isn’t good- but maybe adminstrators will realize that more funding needs to go to gifted education. When we help the highest-performing learners, every student benefits.
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