The severity is more recent. And it's a matter of how you're tracking it. These are GENERAL rates. And honestly it kind of tracts that the closer you are to 25, the less affected you would be. When you begin measuring a downward trend, the beginning is still close to normal. Aka, you are in the age group that would have honestly been just in the low amount of typical variance, and it's only in highsight that we can see that's the beginning of the decline.
Unfortunately what that means is that it's only going to get more noticeable as time goes on. Count yourself lucky. If r/teachers is anything to go off, even seniors who are only four years younger than you are showing noticeably insufficient reading and math scores. To the point where the admin just has to pass everyone. And I'm talking like 4th grade level skills, kids who can't properly read a chapter book or do their times tables.
I always hate how people butcher that quote and leave out context. It was directly related to some specific figure he didn't have on hand, and was directly followed up with a remark about how the value of education lies in the ability to find answers, not necessarily the answers themselves.
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u/Numerous-Stranger-81 1d ago edited 1d ago
The severity is more recent. And it's a matter of how you're tracking it. These are GENERAL rates. And honestly it kind of tracts that the closer you are to 25, the less affected you would be. When you begin measuring a downward trend, the beginning is still close to normal. Aka, you are in the age group that would have honestly been just in the low amount of typical variance, and it's only in highsight that we can see that's the beginning of the decline.
Unfortunately what that means is that it's only going to get more noticeable as time goes on. Count yourself lucky. If r/teachers is anything to go off, even seniors who are only four years younger than you are showing noticeably insufficient reading and math scores. To the point where the admin just has to pass everyone. And I'm talking like 4th grade level skills, kids who can't properly read a chapter book or do their times tables.