Nev. posts poor eighth-grade math scores
By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada students are slowly making gains in math in elementary school, but by the time eighth grade rolls around that progress comes to a screeching halt.
At least that’s what the most recent testing data released by the state suggests. Only 18 percent of students reached the proficiency level on the eighth-grade math exam, compared with 29 percent for seventh-grade math students. That made eighth-grade math the scoring nadir on the Smarter Balanced test in Nevada among all grades.
Other states that use the test don’t show similar drop-offs for their eighth-grade students.