NAEP Reading Mathematics 2005 - Reading: State Results: State Achievement Levels
Navigate around this a bit and check out how 4th and 8th graders are doing. Results are also segregated by gender, race, and economy (ability to afford lunch). I found Washington D.C. to be most dramatic/startling when looking at overall and then races. I'm still surprised at what was seen on the race charts... what's the matter? I mean, these are 4th and 8th graders, how can this be? I never knew things were so, apparently from these charts, lopsided.
I was taught in college that roughly 10% of any population was born genius. If "population" includes race, then they must not have done enough research, or these test results are flawed or otherwise not reflective of what's actually out there. One of the two is wrong. Either way, I'm really taken aback and wondering what's being done, been done, or anything to address why so many people at 4th and 8th grade have lower than basic understandings for reading and math.
I'm guessing because it's race related, people may not want to address it with candor. But if anything, because it looks so bad, maybe that's exactly what needs to happen. Let's figure out what's wrong and see what can be done to improve the apparent disparity.
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