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Common Good Iowa
Coverage of Common Good Iowa in the Nexus archive.
- Iowa, Deemed Below Basic in Reading, Stays Silent on the ‘Honesty Gap’
A review found that both Iowa and Virginia established fourth grade reading standards performing below basic on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. While this discrepancy sparked public action in Virginia, Governor Kim Reynolds has remained silent on the matter in Iowa, where data shows a significant gap between high state proficiency rates and low NAEP scores for students.