The Winston Group’s David Winston in today’s Roll Call about the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for 12th graders.
In reading, about one-third (32 percent) of high school seniors were below Basic, while 35 percent were at or above Proficient. … For math, the situation is even worse. Nearly half, 45 percent, of high school seniors are below Basic, the highest since the math scoring framework changed in 2005. It was also the lowest at or above Proficient, and the lowest overall average score for math.
For decades, educators have focused on how to make students “college ready” to give them maximum choices for pursuing their careers — whether that was going to college, attending a technical or vocational school, or going directly into the workforce.
The 2024 12th-grade NAEP scores glaringly suggest that the question isn’t just whether students are “college ready” but whether they are even prepared for the rigors of technical or vocational school in this age of artificial intelligence.
Read the full piece here.
For more on 12th grade NAEP, see our analysis here.
