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From USAToday:
If all of Detroit’s fourth-graders took the well-respected National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests, just 120 African-American fourth-graders across the entire city, by researchers’ estimates, would score “proficient” or above in math.
“This is not a misprint,” the authors warn.
Other results:
- In Atlanta, just 60 Hispanic fourth-graders and 40 Hispanic eighth-graders would score proficient or above in reading.
- In Cleveland, only about 30 Hispanic eighth-graders and 80 African-American eighth-graders would be considered proficient in math.
- In Baltimore, an estimated 60 Hispanic fourth-grade students would score proficient in reading.
The figures are estimates based on the demographic data, not actual determinations of individual student scores.
“The problem is stark and very disconcerting,” said Ulrich Boser, a CAP senior fellow and lead author of the report.
If this is correct, and I have no way of knowing whether or not it is, we are far worse off than I thought.
There was no mention of white kid’s performance on these tests.
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Julia said:
These are just estimates and the estimates for white kids aren’t so great either. Some schools are a mess. Not all schools are bad, but inner city schools have problems that have been going on for decades. Rural schools are having different problems that also cause students not to do well. The really good schools are doing fine work and their students show it, but that’s not news.
Dagny Gromer said:
It’s disturbing that the educational failure runs so deep