… only 12% of high school seniors could read with proficiency and only 3% could do math with proficiency. Now, I was absolutely astounded by that stat on a national basis. According to the NAEP scores, about 30 to 35% of high school seniors can read proficiently. And about the same in math, pretty much the same for eighth grade. But that 12 and 3% really, really struck me. (01:44–01:54)
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Asserts national proficiency rates in reading for high school seniors based on NAEP scores.
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