… showed that 33% of eighth graders are reading at a level that is, quote below basic.33%. A third of 8th graders can't read at even the barest minimum of levels. For 12th graders, the average reading scores were 3 points lower than in 2019 and 10 points lower than in 1992. So it is a staggering crisis. And one of the big reasons for that is that you've had left wing radicals take over teachers, colleges, education programs, the teachers unions, and they moved away from what actually works. (21:35–21:47)
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Asserts that 12th graders' reading scores have declined by 3 points since 2019 and 10 points since 1992.
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