**A Record Low 13% Of Eighth Grade Students Are Proficient In History**

A Record Low 13% Of Eighth Grade Students Are Proficient In History

_Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,_ (https://mishtalk.com/economics/a-record-low-13-percent-of-eighth-grade-students-are-proficient-in-history)

_**The Nation's Report Card for history for 2022 is shockingly low. I have the solution...**_

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**Nation's Report Card**

Please consider the NAEP History Report Card at Grade 8 (https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ushistory/2022/) for the US.

> NAEP reports scores at five selected percentiles to show changes over time in the scores for lower- (10th and 25th percentiles), middle- (50th percentile), and higher- (75th and 90th percentiles) performing students.

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> **In 2022, the scores for students at the 10th, 25th, 50th, and 75th levels declined compared to 2018. Scores for lower-performing students declined more than the score decrease for those at the 75th percentile compared to 2018.**

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> **This is a continuation of a decline seen at all select percentiles except for the 90th percentile when comparing the 2018 scores to those in 2014.**

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> In 2022, there were no significant changes in scores at any of the selected percentile levels compared to 1994.

299 out of 500, just under a 60% score, is in the top 10 percent of the class.

**Proficiency Levels**

- NAEP Basic Achievement Level: 252 (50.4 Percent Score)

- NAEP Proficient Level: 294 (58.8 Percent Score)

- NAEP Advanced Level: 327 (65.4 Percent Score)

**2022 History Proficiency**

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**Proficiency Synopsis**

- Only 1 percent of "advanced" students could manage better than a 65.4 percent score.

- Only 13 percent of students were deemed "proficient" at 58.8 percent or better.

- Only 46 percent of students could manage to get just over half the questions correct.

**When I Went to Grade School**

- Below 70%: F

- 70-77%: D

- 78-84%: C

- 85-92: B

- 93+: A

My, how times have changed.

**Proposed Solution (Sarcasm)**

- Below 26%: F

- 26-34%: D

- 35-42%: C

- 43-50%: B

- 51+%: A

Of course, we need to take external factors into consideration. **Anyone from a disadvantaged home gets to add 26 percentage points to their score.**

Second we need to stop publishing results. Instead, we just post final grades.

**Proficiency scores will skyrocket** and we can then pat our education system on the back for a job well done.

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Tyler Durden (https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden)Wed, 05/03/2023 - 19:30

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