Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — The US Department of Education’s national report card released this week showed an increase in Iowa’s reading scores, but a drop in math.
Iowa Department of Education director McKenzie Snow says the National Assessment of Educational Progress covers fourth and eighth graders.
Snow says it wasn’t just a drop in Iowa’s math performance the lowered the ranking, other states made progress.
Snow says the numbers show the need for the statewide evidence-based mathematics instruction the governor has proposed.
Snow says the program also extends beyond the classroom.
Snow says the evidenced-based math teaching would be similar to what’s been done with reading. Iowa’s reading ranking went from 22nd to tenth.
The Governor proposed the evidence-based math program in her Condition of the State Address, but Snow says it has not yet been introduced in the Legislature. You can see more on the report card at: www.nationsreportcard.gov.
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