NM reading, math scores below national average
New Mexico’s fourth-grade and eighth-grade students’ test scores in math and reading on the latest Nation’s Report Card remain well below the national average, and the results come amid revived litigation seeking massive education reforms. Results released Wednesday on the National Assessment of Educational Progress show fourth-graders in the state scored 12 points below the national average on math and 11 points below the national average score in reading.
The report said about 29% of the state’s fourth-graders are proficient both in math, and only 24% in reading. About 21% of eighth-graders proficient in math and only 23% in reading.
Nationwide, a little more than a third of eighth-graders are proficient in reading and math. About a third of fourth-graders are proficient in reading, while more than 40% of fourth-graders are proficient in math.
In New Mexico, however, scores have remained consistently flat despite massive increases in education spending and efforts by Democratic and Republican administrations to revamp the state’s educational system. New Mexico remains one of the poorest states in the U.S. and regularly ranks near the bottom nationally on various education lists.
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