Sound the alarm. Click the link on these 2018 statistics. How can children compete in the world without a strong foundation? Without a solid ground on which to stand?
…”historically minority students demonstrated impressive gains, according to the Nevada Department of Education:” I would say that these are our more widely accepted ‘alternative facts’ because there is NOTHING impressive about these numbers.
Here is some quoted data from this Fact Sheet:
“NAEP results show made toward closing the achievement gap in Nevada:
Statewide, CCSD makes up about 70 percent of the overall student population.
Throughout the state, historically minority students demonstrated impressive
gains, according to the Nevada Department of Education:
• Nevada’s Hispanic/Latino fourth-graders improved 3 percentage points
from 2015 in reading, matching the national average in proficiency at 22
percent.
As recently as 2009, Nevada’s Hispanic fourth-grade students tested
at only 13 percent proficient in reading. Hispanic students account for
44 percent of fourth-graders in Nevada, compared to 27 percent
nationally.
• Nevada’s Hispanic/Latino eighth-graders improved 3 percentage points
from 2015 in reading – up to 20 percent proficiency.
Hispanic/Latino students lag the national average by 2 percentage
points. As recently as 2007, only 11 percent of Hispanic eighth-graders
tested proficient in reading. Hispanic students account for 42 percent
of eighth-graders, compared to 25 percent nationally.
• Nevada’s Hispanic/Latino eighth-graders improved 2 percentage points
from 2015 in math to 18 percent proficiency. Hispanic students lag the national average by 2 points. As recently as 2003, only 7 percent of Hispanic eighth-graders were proficient.
• Nevada’s Black/African-American fourth-graders improved 6 percentage
points from 2015 in reading to exceed the national average by a point,
with 20 percent scoring proficient.”
Click this link below for more info on CCSD data. If this data is disaggregated every couple of years, then how is this cited in the article as “impressive?”
