The latest scores from the National Assessment for Educational Progress, they're really kind of a national embarrassment. Two thirds of our nation's fourth graders can't read proficiently. Even worse, one third of eighth graders scored below basic, the highest percentage ever recorded. That means these kids can't identify basic literary elements in a text. (02:19–02:23)
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Asserts that two-thirds of fourth graders in the U.S. lack proficient reading skills.
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