… and we saw what the NAEP scores, which is the nation's report card, what they reported was that we were, like, near the bottom compared to the world. Heartbreaking. And We have 12th graders and 8th graders that are reading at 30% proficiency now. They can read words on a page, but they don't have comprehension. And so we have to turn this whole thing around and by giving education back to the state. (14:17–14:25)
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Asserts that 12th and 8th graders have a 30% reading proficiency rate.
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