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Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test
bonch writes "22 percent of California eighth-graders passed a national science test, ranking California among the worst in the U.S. according to the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test measures knowledge in Earth and space sciences, biology, and basic physics. The states that fared worse than California were Mississippi, Alabama, and a tie between the District of Columbia and Hawaii. 'Nationally, 31 percent of eighth-graders who were tested scored proficient or advanced. Both the national and state scores improved slightly over scores from two years ago, the last time the test was administered.'"
Public Schools are known to FUCKING EVERYBODY to be gigantic and expensive fail-whales.
If anyone reading this is a public school teacher, administrator, or school board member: fuck you.
The problem is spending other people's money (taken at gunpoint, mind you) on your kids. Pay for your own children's education, don't rob me to do it.
I rest my case.