Tennessee students' NAEP scores drop across the board
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- 28 Oct 2022
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Tennessee bet big that tutoring and summer programs would help students rebound quicker from the pandemic’s crushing blow to learning, but the results of the latest national tests don’t indicate an immediate payoff.
Mirroring unprecedented national declines in achievement, the state’s students slid back between 2019 and 2022 on math and reading exams in the fourth and eighth grades, according to data released Monday in what’s called the “nation’s report card.”
Based on results from the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, Tennessee’s slide was part of the nation’s largest math decline on record.
But perhaps more disappointing was the state’s performance in reading, with scores falling several points more than the national slide. Tennessee is prioritizing literacy and is overhauling how it teaches students to read, including a greater emphasis on phonics. And under a rigorous new third-grade retention law, it’s poised to hold back more students who don’t score as reading on grade level on state tests next spring.
The drops on this year’s national scores generally returned Tennessee to its lowest NAEP performance in math and reading since 2011, before outsize gains on the 2013 exam earned it the title as the nation’s fastest improving state. Read More...
