Iowa is the only state in the nation that hasn’t made significant progress in eighth grade math since 1992. More recently, since 2003, only one state has had less student growth than Iowa on the NAEP math assessment.
According to the “Rising to Greatness” report, Iowa currently has the largest achievement gap in the nation in reading and math between students with and without disabilities.
And at a time when earning a degree is more and more critical to success, just one in four Iowans has a bachelor’s degree. Of the 12 Midwestern states, Iowa has the fourth lowest percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree.
Part of the explanation for Iowa’s below-average college attainment rate is that Iowa’s high schools are falling short of preparing most students to be truly career and college-ready.
Iowa now ranks in the bottom ten states in the percentage of seniors who take and pass an Advanced Placement course. And the ACT scores of college-bound students suggest that only three in ten high school graduates in Iowa are ready for post-secondary course work.
Numerous states have made their curriculum more rigorous in the last decade. But Iowa has one of the lowest enrollments of eighth graders in Algebra I or other higher-level math courses of any state in the country. Only Mississippi, North Dakota, and Louisiana have a lower percentage of eighth graders enrolled in higher-level math.
Until recently, Iowa’s academic standards were relatively low, compared to those of many high-performing states. One independent study gave Iowa’s English Language Arts standard an F and a C in math.
Iowa is the only state in the nation that hasn’t made significant progress in eighth grade math since 1992. More recently, since 2003, only one state has had less student growth than Iowa on the NAEP math assessment.
According to the “Rising to Greatness” report, Iowa currently has the largest achievement gap in the nation in reading and math between students with and without disabilities.
And at a time when earning a degree is more and more critical to success, just one in four Iowans has a bachelor’s degree. Of the 12 Midwestern states, Iowa has the fourth lowest percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree.
Part of the explanation for Iowa’s below-average college attainment rate is that Iowa’s high schools are falling short of preparing most students to be truly career and college-ready.
Iowa now ranks in the bottom ten states in the percentage of seniors who take and pass an Advanced Placement course. And the ACT scores of college-bound students suggest that only three in ten high school graduates in Iowa are ready for post-secondary course work.
Numerous states have made their curriculum more rigorous in the last decade. But Iowa has one of the lowest enrollments of eighth graders in Algebra I or other higher-level math courses of any state in the country. Only Mississippi, North Dakota, and Louisiana have a lower percentage of eighth graders enrolled in higher-level math.
Until recently, Iowa’s academic standards were relatively low, compared to those of many high-performing states. One independent study gave Iowa’s English Language Arts standard an F and a C in math.
Do you even know how states work?
that must be representative of every person in the state. i went to the best high school in the state.
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