History & Civics Scores Drop for U.S. Eighth-Graders on National Test 😡

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, assesses history & civics proficiency for 8th grade students in a nationally representative sampling given every four years. The scores in U.S. history declined five points, from 263 in 2018 to 258 in 2022, continuing a downward trend that began in 2014. Only 14% of students reached at or above "proficient" mark in history, and in civics only 22% of students met the same benchmark. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement that the results further underscore the "profound impact the pandemic had on student learning."

🔴 And yet...the downward trend began in 2014, years before the pandemic…🤔 Nonetheless,
this is a very serious issue that needs to be solved before it's too late. And it goes beyond the subject of history, with recent national declines in reading & math among our nation's youth.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173432887/history-and-civics-scores-drop-for-u-s-eighth-graders-on-national-test

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/us/Us-history-test-scores.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/05/03/u-s-history-civics-test-scores-declined-pandemic-naep/70171251007/

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/04/us/nations-report-card-us-history-civics/index.html

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