New national tests show math and reading scores for U.S. 13-year-olds, including New York City students, have declined to the lowest levels in decades. Students or color and low-income students scored even lower. MKramerTV reports.
The mayor posed with students after announcing a new program with Google to provide pipelines for city students into the tech sector. It came as worrisome new test results by the National Assessment of Educational Progress show a dramatic drop in math and reading scores across the the country. Ten New York City schools were included in the results.
The results come after many students here and across the nation struggled with remote learning during the pandemic. The NAEP scores of low-income students of color suffered greater declines. The mayor insisted that if there wasn't a racial component educational officials would have declared a national emergency.The chancellor blames the low scores on the way city students are taught to read.
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