And yet the states with the highest scores are blue states that teach common core, and Alabama is consistently in the lowest 10-15 states.
The metric referenced in OPs meme is improvement, not raw scores. Alabama improved from really bad to below average. They’re not scoring better than NY or CA.
Alabama’s 8th grade math scores are literally 50th of the 50 states. The only lower grades are DC and PR.
And yet the states with the highest scores are blue states that teach common core, and Alabama is consistently in the lowest 10-15 states.
The metric referenced in OPs meme is improvement, not raw scores. Alabama improved from really bad to below average. They’re not scoring better than NY or CA.
Alabama’s 8th grade math scores are literally 50th of the 50 states. The only lower grades are DC and PR.