You have undoubtedly heard that students in Minnesota schools have achieved steadily decreasing results on standardized tests. The tests are called the National Assessment of Educational Progress and are mandated by Congress. They are administered every two years to fourth and eighth grade students. These tests are the only objective national measure of student performance.
The percentage of Minnesota students scoring below the basic achievement level in fourth-grade reading stayed stuck at 39 percent. The percentage of eighth-graders scoring below basic in reading ticked up to 29 percent, which is now the highest percentage ever for this grade level since the reading test was first administered in 1998. In general Minnesota student results have been steadily declining at the same time as education costs have been rising.
But how are your schools doing? Our State Department of Education has a “Minnesota Report Card” that will show you information about any school in the state. You might be skeptical about information collected by the state but it appears the statistics do not appear to be enhanced. You can go to this link to look up any public school in the state. Here are the high schools in CD2 with links to their student achievement results.
For many years local school boards have been controlled by DFL activists. We need Republicans to become active in their districts and to run for school boards with the objective of increasing student performance
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