Math proficiency scores dropped again among Washington state's 8th-grade students, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress.

The percentage of fourth grade students who read at or above a “proficient” level dropped from 31% in 2022 to 26% in 2024.

Students are selected at random for the test, as a representative sample for their state. Tests are conducted every two years and administered to fourth, eighth and twelfth grade students.

EIGHTH GRADERS SPECIFICALLY, ARE THE ONES STRUGGLING. OUT OF THE 50 STATES, FLORIDA RANKS 43RD FOR EIGHTH GRADE READING AND 41ST FOR EIGHTH GRADE MATH, SOMETHING THAT SOME PARENTS I SPOKE WITH SAY ...

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio – Eighth-grader Nina Kinsler, seventh-grader Elijah Brownstein and sixth-grader Crystalyn Thrasher were the grade-level winners in Brady Middle School’s annual spelling bee.

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