American literacy crisis - iPad babies can't read and won't learn, teachers sounding the alarms

Fuck off Mary!!

R1 i think it's worrisome? should everyone be unconcerned?

Aren't learning applications available for the iPad?.

Sounds like more opportunity for those of willing to read and take advantage of others.

When yiu read a book, you dont get interrupted by pop up ads or pop ups asking if you accept the terms that allow the website to sift your data and sell it.

It's rather annoying that there are NO credits, sources, date stamps, no identifying information whatsoever on that video.

Also, when you write with a pen or pencil on paper you don’t get spellcheck changing the word you just typed into something indecipherable.

Well I take that back. There is the TikTok tag but I can't read the white font of the producer.

reignzsupreme503 ????

"Results for students who took the test in spring 2022—the first main National Assessment of Educational Progress administration for these grades since the pandemic began—show the biggest drop in math performance in 4th and 8th grades since the testing program began in 1990. In reading, 4th and 8th graders likewise are performing on par with students in the 1990s, and about a third of students in both grades can’t read at even the “basic” achievement level—the lowest level on the test."

"In their report on early childhood literacy last year, the Toronto District School Board, Canada’s largest, revealed 30 per cent of kids in grade one were not meeting reading expectations in June 2022 — a six point increase compared to the end of the 2013 school year. A recent province-wide report suggests these levels have dipped further in 2023.

Among kids in low-income households, this figure climbs to 40 per cent, the report found — a 13 point increase from the 27 per cent that missed their reading benchmarks in June 2013."

All the data is available and it’s not 10-30%.

Nationally 32% of fourth graders and 29% of eighth graders are proficient or advanced. There is variation across states, but none are anywhere near 10%, although I’m sure some schools are.

It does seem like scores have dropped, especially for 8th graders. But what does proficient mean?

[quote] But what does proficient mean?

Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.

R11 keep in mind that schools fudging numbers and fraudulently passing students is the norm now, i think the reality is worse than the numbers can ever show

You know I’m tempted to think it may have to do with technology but it also could be that generation alpha is like almost 50% you know what. You know what has decided not to value education. And dumb ass fake black leaders have made crusades for everything except this fact. But lets celebrate y’all. Derek Chauvin got stabbed in prison.

I don’t give a fuck!

[quote] Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.

So 30% are advanced.

Yet you're the stupidest reply on this thread, r14.

R16 proficiency means meeting the standard. if the school says I am proficient in reading as an 8th grader, it means I read at an 8th grade level. I would assume it includes both advanced students and students who merely meet the minimum expectations, making 70% of students below grade level if only 30% are proficient. Another article from the NAEP page says : "Here are topline findings from the most recent LTT assessments when compared with results from 2020, some of which are unprecedented. Nine-year-olds showed the first-ever significant score drop in math. Nine-year-olds had the largest score decline in reading since 1990. Thirteen-year-olds posted the largest decline ever in math. The downward trend began in 2012. The average reading score for 13-year-olds was significantly lower in 2023 than in 2020, continuing a decline that began in 2012."

2012 is around the time that smartphones became ubiquitously adopted by consumers in all socioeconomic strata.

[quote]the first main National Assessment of Educational Progress administration for these grades since the pandemic began—show the biggest drop in math performance in 4th and 8th grades since the testing program began in 1990

So basically, mom and dad failed as parents. What happened to all the home schooling Fraus that said they give their kids a better education? Don't blame technology. Sounds like most parents were just liquored up slackers the whole pandemic, even though they were home and probably spend more time with their kids in their lifetime.

No no, it's like when you feed the dog table scraps and it won't eat it's dog food out of the bowl. It knows there is tastier food so it won't eat.

Why read a paper book when an iPad is so much more engaging? A lot of reading is boring anyway. The classics? Please.

I feel smarter in a country (world) of committed dumbasses

This is a trend that began before the pandemic. The pandemic accelerated it. College students cannot read. They have a hard time thinking critically and analytically.

R19 from the thread "It starts at home. Our nephew is “homeschooled” and he’s 8. Can’t read, doesn’t know abc’s and can’t count past 15. He can tell you all about his Xbox and VR headset though."

At my university the STEM students haven't declined in critical thinking and if anything they are more broadly informed and openminded than STEM students 15 years ago. Fewer STEM nerds and robotrons. And they surely are a generation that developed their minds largely in tandem with Internet connected technology. Apparently there are some slight deficits in math skills but nobody is alarmed. They also have better language and communication skills, from the past. In my observation.

The business students are another case entirely. Critical thinking, information literacy, writing skills, independent thinking, academic integrity have all declined from 15 years ago. The big improve however is multilingual competence. They speak multiple languages including fluent, impressive English at a French language university.

Just as global capitalism is increasing the wealth inequality, my hunch is that digital connected technology is separating the wheat from the chaff, cognitively. I think the STEM inclined young minds are still well-rounded and also still read books AND music and play music, still play chess and strategy games. They seem to self compensate from weak schooling and digital distractions.

The grammar Nazis cock is tingling.

Honestly were kids really that better in previous generations, when they openly hated homosexuals, slut sex shamed and the racism and all that?

Reading didn't insulate them from that.

Oh, books? They aren't necessary. We're taking care of that issue for you, dears.

Parents squirt out brats and expect teachers to fix everything. Our folks taught us the numbers, letters, shapes and colors, just the basics, but all us kids knew how to read before first grade. These sluts just have kids for accessories.

Stupid parents beget stupid children 99% of the time.

Sad but so, and these are the people perpetuating the human race.

This is going to be great when the literates can suck up all the good jobs and make money off the simps.