Categories Burlington Education Financial Iowa Local News West Burlington SHOCK: 65% of Public School 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading; 67% Not Proficient in Math Post author By Falcon Post date May 2, 2018 Click here: Sixty-five percent of the eighth graders in American public schools in 2017 were not proficient in reading and 67 percent were not proficient in mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress test results released by the U.S. Department of Education. cliparts.co ← Since the 2016 election Facebook has been cracking down on conservative and pro-Trump content. → Is Trump right about judges’ political leanings? Apparently, review shows