U.S. students at a plateau: At 4th and 8th grade, reading and math scores haven't budged The pattern of decline concentrated among the lowest-performing students – across multiple grade levels ...

At the eighth grade level, the decline is more stark as 34.6 percent of students scored within "% Developing & Above" in 2024 while 40.5 percent of students met that marker last year.

In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card ...

High schoolers, meanwhile, saw declines on the English exams but gains in Algebra I. Math scores for elementary, middle and high school students remain below pre-pandemic levels.

Presenting HB1713 to the Senate State Agencies committee on Thursday morning, Rose said the primary reason for the bill is that the average American has an 8th grade reading level.

Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...

Eighth grade math: Eight percent of MPS eighth-graders scored proficient or better in math, while 22% scored at the basic level and 70% scored below basic. In 2022, it was 7% advanced or ...

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However, more than one-third of eighth graders are still not reading on grade level. Eighth grade Reading Status. Below grade level - 37.2 percent | 43.9 percent in 2023.