US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline

Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by ThrowMeAway1618 on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:14PM (#45204750)

>Texas does well on nationally standardized tests.

Except for fourth graders in math last year, they do not[0].

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by rayiner on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:58PM (#45205256)

For 4th grade math, Texas is in the top 4 for each racial group as well as english learners and low-income students: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/annual-r...

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by ThrowMeAway1618 on Thursday September 11, 2025 @06:48PM (#45216877)

And fuck the 8th graders, eh?

And it's too late for those worthless 12th graders too eh? They're better off in prison anyway, huh?

Gotta keep those prison and prison adjacent services stocks doing well...number go up, yeh bossman!

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by rayiner on Thursday September 11, 2025 @09:18PM (#45217726)

You said 4th grade math above. But Texas is above average for 8th grade math too?

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