Education Secretary Betsy DeVos blamed Washington overreach, high-paid school administrators & layers of bureaucracy for American students' lower scores on the Nation's Report Card, pointing to the scores as proof the US 'has a student achievement crisis'
Washington Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday blamed Washington overreach, high-paid school administrators and layers of bureaucracy for American students' lower scores on the Nation's Report Card, pointing to the scores as proof that the United States"has a student achievement crisis."
"Government has never made anything better or cheaper, more effective or more efficient. And nowhere is that more true than in education," she said in remarks at the National Press Club in Washington.The test scores released by the National Center for Education Statistics earlier Wednesday showed that average reading scores were lower for fourth- and eighth-grade students and lower in math for eighth-graders compared with the 2017 results.
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