75% of Black California Boys Can’t Read



Three out of four black boys in California schools don’t meet reading and writing standards, according to data obtained by CALmatters from the state Department of Education.

The data shows, for example, nearly 80 percent of black boys in the fourth grade failed to meet state reading standards.

Black boys trail far behind their female counterparts in reading and writing. More than half of black boys scored in the lowest category on the English portion of the test, according to a report in the NY Daily News.

The disparity in reading and writing performance between black boys and girls is not raising alarms in California.

“I wouldn’t put this in the same category of severity or concern as other achievement gaps,” said Tom Loveless, an education researcher for the Brookings Institution “But there needs to be greater awareness of this.”

At this pace, there will be a sharp decrease in college admissions by black boys in California in the coming years.

“If boys don’t read as well as girls, and if that persists all the way through K-12, it means when you reach certain thresholds like college, it places the males at a disadvantage,” says Loveless. “The ability to read well has a lot to do with the ability to get into college and the ability to do well while you’re in college.”

Is this a click bait thing?

There's a big difference between:
"75% of Black California Boys Can’t Read"
and
"Three out of four black boys in California schools don’t meet reading and writing standards"

Not meeting reading and writing standards does not equal an inability to read.

That's the story, feel free to interpret as you wish.

I agree. The title of this topic is a falsehood.

Click here to read the original report.

Mahalo (thanks) Dodo_David...read the report and you are on target with our comments...Math was my university major and i marveled at how statistics could be used to support just about any objective...heard a story once about a group of folks who had moved into a certain community...Kids from that group went to the local school; but because of their heritage, they were exempt from having to take the standardized test...the headlines the next week from one enterprising reporter read "100% of the students from XYZ failed to pass the standardized test"...hahaha

My father in law couldn't read or write.
I helped teach him.

Consider what your life would be like if you didn't have that knowledge.
Now, consider a child that struggles with it daily.

It is our duty to help.
There is no argument.
No excuses.
It doesn't matter why it is so.

The report is troubling however it's read. Seems schools are always
tweaking test scores and claiming improvement. Maybe they should get back to the three R's and see how that works.