An absolute disgrace. This is one of the reasons parents get so angry about schools wasting time pushing woke politics. Learning to read is one of the most important skills students are supposed to get from schools.
FOX Baltimore reports:
77% tested at Baltimore high school read at elementary level, some at kindergarten levelA Baltimore City teacher came forward with devastating information that showed 77% of students tested at one high school are reading at an elementary school level.The teacher works at Patterson High School, one of the largest high schools in Baltimore with a 61% graduation rate and a nearly $12 million budget. We agreed not to identify this source who fears retribution for giving Project Baltimore the results of iReady assessments.iReady assessments are given in Baltimore City Schools to help determine at which grade level a student is performing in math and reading. The scores are not made public. If the media requests them, the district will redact most of the results. But Project Baltimore obtained the results for all of the students tested at Patterson High School.In reading, 628 Patterson High School students took the test. Out of those students, 484 of them, or 77%, tested at an elementary school reading level. That includes 71 high school students who were reading at a kindergarten level and 88 students reading at a first-grade level. Another 45 are reading at a second-grade level. Just 12 students tested at Patterson High School, were reading at grade level, which comes out to just 1.9%.Project Baltimore asked how a student who reads at an elementary school level could reach high school.“They’re pushed through,” replied the teacher. “They’re not ready for the workforce. They’re not ready for further education.”When asked if it’s social promotion, the teacher replied, “Yes.”
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