Poor Student Performance
It might not be any consolation since Hawaii is at the bottom of the heap
No state had a higher average eighth-grade reading score in 2005 than in 2003, and seven states — Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Utah and West Virginia — had significantly lower scores.
but there isn’t that much difference between the best and the worst in this report. Students all across the nation are either not being taught properly or not caring to learn much. Hard to decide which it is. The top story from Stateline.org is here.
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