… my skin crawl to hear that 7 out of 10 third graders do not read at the third grade level. And that's a troublesome. You know, I believe it was 9 out of 10 of 11th graders are not at the math level they need to be at. very unacceptable. So we have to find some solutions, make it a priority and fix that particular paradigm. So you can't reward mediocrity and in that situation that you describe, you're rewarding mediocrity. (47:40–47:48)
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Asserts that 90% of 11th graders are not at the required math level.
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