美国学生的数学、阅读呈现下降趋势
英语课
Bad news for America's schools: Student achievement in math and reading is on the decline, according to National Assessment 1 of Education Progress scores released Wednesday.
美国学校的坏消息:据周三全美教育进展评估成绩的发布,美国学生数学和阅读成绩呈下降趋势。
The National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP -- called the Nation's Report Card -- is an exam given to fourth-grade and eighth-grade students throughout the country by the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education. While students' scores have increased overall since the 1990s, results released Wednesday show a slight decline between 2013 and 2015.
全美教育进展评估项目——又称国家报告卡——这是由美国教育部分支——国家教育统计中心,给到全国所有四年级和八年级学生的一项考试。20世纪90年代的学生成绩是总体上升的,但是2013-2015年的学生成绩呈下降趋势。
Only 36 percent of fourth-grade students and 34 percent of eighth-grade students in 2015 scored high enough to be considered proficient 2 or above in reading. In math, 40 percent of fourth-grade students and 33 percent of eighth-grade students scored proficient or above.
2015年,阅读成绩上,只有36%的四年级学生和34%的八年级学生取得的成绩达到了精通或以上;数学成绩上,有40%的四年级学生和33%的八年级学生所取得的成绩达到了精通或以上。
While the 2015 results are disappointing, experts caution that they should not yet be interpreted as a downward trend. Peggy Carr, acting 3 commissioner 4 of NCES said the drop in scores was "an unexpected one. ... This isn’t a pattern that we saw coming."尽管2015年成绩不理想,但专家还是提醒大家,这并不意味着是一个下滑趋势。国家教育统计中心的代理总干事,佩吉·卡尔说成绩下降这一趋势是“没有预料到的...这不是我们所看到的模式。”
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for caution in interpreting the latest scores on a call with reporters. He also noted 5 that even though scores dropped in 2015, high school graduation rates have been on the rise.
美国教育部长阿恩·邓肯接受记者电话采访时表示,在分析这一成绩趋势时要保持慎重。他也指出,尽管2015年的分数下降了,但是高中毕业率却呈上升趋势。
The Common Core State Standards were in their beginning phases of implementation 6 in many places in 2015, which could have impacted the latest NAEP scores. The Common Core State Standards are a set of new education benchmarks that have been adopted in most states and have overhauled 7 the wayliteracy and math are taught. Duncan alluded 8 to this on the call.
2015年,核心国家课程标准已经在美国很多地区推行,正处于初步阶段,这在一定程度上会影响到最近的全美教育进展评估成绩。核心国家课程标准是一套已经被大多数州采用,并全面改革读写和数学教育方式的全新教育基准。邓肯在电话中说道。
Schools are also educating a more diverse group of students than they have in the past, including more low-income kids and English language learners. But it is unclear how this might be impacting scores.
相比过去,如今学校学生构成愈加多元化,有低收入家庭小孩,也有英语学习者。但这些是如何影响评估成绩的还不是很明确。
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
adj.熟练的,精通的;n.能手,专家
- She is proficient at swimming.她精通游泳。
- I think I'm quite proficient in both written and spoken English.我认为我在英语读写方面相当熟练。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
adj.著名的,知名的
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
v.彻底检查( overhaul的过去式和过去分词 );大修;赶上;超越
- Within a year the party had drastically overhauled its structure. 一年内这个政党已大刀阔斧地整顿了结构。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A mechanic overhauled the car's motor with some new parts. 一个修理工对那辆汽车的发动机进行了彻底的检修,换了一些新部件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
标签:
美国