Arizona is 1 of 5 states going backward on elementary reading test scores
The percentage of fourth grade students who read at or above a “proficient” level dropped from 31% in 2022 to 26% in 2024.
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‘Literacy emergency’: Delaware eighth-grade reading scores drop to 27-year low
Last year, 45% of Delaware fourth grade students scored below basic reading levels on the NAEP test, which is 2 percentage points better than the results in 1998 and 2022.
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Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation’s report card
Only Massachusetts and Department of Defense schools outperformed Florida in fourth-grade reading in the 2024 tests. But Florida’s eighth-grade reading scores fell in 2024, with the state ...