Considering that U.S. high school graduation rates are also up significantly over this period — and thus a greater portion of students are
reaching the twelfth grade — these are mildly encouraging trends, despite the overall flatness of the lines.
Not exact matches
Chart 1 displays the percentage of
twelfth -
grade students nationally who have
reached NAEP's «college - prepared» level in reading and math over the past twenty - five years.
Considering that only 40 % of fourth -
grade students, 33 % of eighth -
grade students, and 25 % of
twelfth -
grade students scored proficient or above on the 2015 NAEP math assessment, 6 this may seem like a high bar to
reach — but it's not impossible.