While people have called millennials everything from entitled to lazy, at least they are literate. The same might not be said of the generation that follows them.
The 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress tests published by the Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics released 8th grade reading and math test scores, and they were dismal.
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Nationwide, only 33 percent of 8th graders scored proficient or better at reading, in math only 32 percent scored proficient.
Broken down by race, Asians and whites scored the best with 54 and 44 percent proficiency, while Hispanics and blacks fell behind with 21 and 16 percent proficient or above.
Females also scored 10 points higher than males.
In cities including Albuquerque, N.M, Atlanta, Ga., Baltimore, Md., Cleveland, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Detroit, Mich., Washington D.C., Fresno, Cali., Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, Cali., and Philadelphia, Pa., more than 80 percent did not reach an 8th grade level reading ability.
Students in Detroit had by far the worst test scores — 93 percent were not proficient in reading and 96 percent were not proficient in math.
That is hard to believe considering the Detroit public school system spent $14,743 per student in 2014 according to the CNS News.
If education doesn’t improve for “Generation Z,” it may make millennials’ problems look like a walk in the park.
