Gov. Gavin Newsom and other political figures like to brag about California’s role as a national or even international leader in all things wonderful.
They tend, however, to gloss over or ignore indications that California is falling short in some very important indices of societal achievement, such as public education.
When measured against other states, much less other nations, California’s nearly 6 million public school students rank among the lowest in national education testing for mathematics and language skills.
The latest round of National Assessment of Educational Progress test results, released last fall, revealed that California’s fourth- and eighth-graders were once again in the bottom tier of states in reading and math.
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California students among nation’s worst for math and language
- by: Dan Walters
- 2023-09-06
- Source:
Mercury News
- 09/06/2023
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