NAEP Scores

In 2005, the reading score on a scale from 0-500 was an embarrassing 286? I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!

I am shocked by this score and I cannot fathom how this is happening. However, there are many reasons why the score has declined so drastically:

1. Parents are not encouraging their children to do their homework/complete it. They may also not be encouraging them to read for pleasure. Instead, children are glued to the T.V, video games, and computer.
2. Are teachers really enforcing reading and/or reading exercises in the classroom? How many books are teachers having their students read throughout the school year?
3. The students themselves. So many children dred school and do not take it seriously.

Something obviously needs to be done about this. I do not mean to bash parents because there are tons of parents out there that do the best they can to enhance their childrens reading ability, but with the way society is today, I cannot help but say that parents are slacking. They are the ones who really need to enforce extra-curricular reading at home.

When I first learned how to read, my mother and I read a book or two a week together. Once I was able to read totally on my own, she bought tons of books for us to read at the same time and then we talked about it once we were done. I never hated doing this because my mom was involved. She made it fun and I loved that she was reading with me. The after school hobbies in homes need to change.