National Exam Shows Detroit Students Behind In Math, Reading

DETROIT (AP) - Public schools students in Detroit tested well below their U.S. peers on a test called "the nation's report card."

Results from the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress exam released Wednesday show 5 percent of Detroit fourth graders scored proficient or above in math, compared to about 40 percent nationally and 34 percent statewide.

Six percent of Detroit fourth graders were proficient or above in reading, compared to about 36 percent nationally and 29 percent in Michigan.

Four percent of Detroit eighth graders were proficient or better in math, while only 7 percent were proficient or above in reading.

The district says "improvements in student achievement are at the center of the restructuring that is currently underway" ... "and is guiding all of the district's actions and decisions."

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