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Seven out of ten of our eighth graders cannot read or do math at grade level.

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Stacy Garrity, at Pennsylvania Governor General Election Debate (abc27)

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Why we checked itSpecific statistic about Pennsylvania student literacy and math proficiency rates that is directly verifiable against state assessment data.
What we foundThe data shows approximately 69% of Pennsylvania eighth graders are not proficient in both reading and math on NAEP — close to but not quite 'seven out of ten,' and the framing obscures an important distinction between NAEP 'proficient' and a basic grade-level standard.
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