LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The nation’s newly launched schooling report card reveals college students are falling behind in math, studying, and science, and fewer twelfth graders are prepared for school.
In actual fact, highschool seniors are reporting the bottom scores in math and studying since nationwide check assessments started.
“If America is going to remain globally competitive, our children must be able to read proficiently by the third grade,” U.S. Division of Schooling Secretary Linda McMahon mentioned in a video assertion. “In 2024, 78% of high school seniors were not proficient in math, and 65% of them were not proficient in reading.”
Sec. McMahon acknowledged the present construction of the schooling division hasn’t helped college students for many years.
“Despite billions in federal spending and countless well-intentioned programs, the achievement gap between students is widening, not shrinking,” McMahon mentioned.
In line with the Nationwide Evaluation of Schooling Progress, 32% of twelfth graders scored beneath NAEP fundamental in studying. Meaning a 3rd of highschool seniors cannot reliably clarify the principle level of a passage or outline a key phrase utilized in a sentence.
45% of twelfth graders scored beneath NAEP fundamental in math, which implies practically half of them cannot decide possibilities of easy occasions from two-way tables and verbal descriptions.
Nevada’s final report card confirmed that solely 19% of CCSD excessive schoolers have been proficient in math, and one other 47% have been proficient in studying.
CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert beforehand mentioned what she expects from this yr’s check scores.
“I fully expect this time next year, we’re going to be way above the pre-pandemic scores,” Ebert mentioned. “We’ll wait for the official ones this year. But yes, upward trend. Fully expect it.”
The Nevada Division of Schooling is anticipated to launch this yr’s report card with the 2024 scores someday subsequent week.
In an announcement, the White Home mentioned the Trump Administration is transferring ahead to return schooling to states and supply each obtainable alternative for folks to teach their children by means of particular person selection.
CCSD launched an announcement concerning the nation’s report card:
The Clark County Faculty District (CCSD) values the outcomes of the NAEP check (also known as “the nation’s report card”). Let’s put these ends in context: The nationwide scores launched in the present day are from 2024, and the declines reported are compared with scores from the 2019 college yr – earlier than the pandemic. Districts across the nation noticed steep declines in check scores throughout and instantly after the pandemic. CCSD is happy with the progress we’re making in catching as much as pre-pandemic scores on our state assessments. Nonetheless, we should speed up our educational progress to make sure each little one is ready for his or her future. Superintendent Ebert has laid out the “Core Four” educational priorities for the 2025-26 college yr, which embrace a concentrate on early literacy and center college arithmetic.
