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Minnesota’s eighth grade math scores plummet to lowest point in 30 years
Minnesota eighth graders final spring recorded the bottom math scores on nationwide exams in 30 years, indicating many highschool freshmen could face lowered profession potential in arithmetic, science and expertise fields, in line with Nationwide Evaluation of Academic Efficiency knowledge launched Monday.
Kevin Burns, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Division of Schooling, stated the newest knowledge from the U.S. Division of Schooling’s Nationwide Middle for Schooling Statistics “continues traits that we’ve seen starting in 2017, previous to COVID.”
“We anticipated declines, given the disruption everybody skilled throughout the pandemic, however that doesn’t make these outcomes simpler to see,” he shared in an announcement Monday. “Whereas Minnesota pupil scores outpace nationwide scores, we should work diligently to take the required steps to assist all college students, throughout all grades, obtain.”
The brand new report presents a primary have a look at the pandemic’s affect on fourth- and eighth-graders in all 50 states, revealing deep studying setbacks for college students throughout the nation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The info confirmed common eighth grade math scores in Minnesota have plummeted 11 factors for the reason that checks had been final administered in 2019.
Out of 300 factors potential, Minnesota eighth-graders within the spring scored a mean of 280 factors on the maths evaluation, marking the bottom rating since Minnesota college students averaged 275 factors on the first-ever evaluation in 1990.
Whereas Minnesota’s 11-point decline on the maths evaluation is among the many sharpest within the nation, college students in Minnesota proceed to largely rating larger than their friends in different states. The nationwide common declined eight factors since 2019 to 273 in 2022.
In an announcement, Daniel McGrath, performing as NCES affiliation commissioner for evaluation, famous eighth grade is a pivotal 12 months for college students to develop key math abilities.
“If left unaddressed, this might alter the trajectories and life alternatives of an entire cohort of younger folks, doubtlessly lowering their skills to pursue rewarding and productive careers in arithmetic, science, and expertise,” McGrath stated.
The report additionally evaluated how nicely fourth-graders are greedy math abilities.
Minnesota fourth-graders additionally skilled an 11-point drop in common math check scores for the reason that checks had been final administered in 2019. The state’s common rating of 239 is the bottom since college students averaged 234 on the evaluation in 2000.
Nevertheless, this 12 months’s rating continues to be 4 factors above the nationwide common, which dropped 5 factors since 2019.
In an announcement, NCES Commissioner Peggy G. Carr stated the pandemic laid naked longstanding alternative gaps within the nation’s schooling system.
“It additionally confirmed how each pupil was susceptible to the pandemic’s disruptions,” she stated. “We would not have a second to waste.”
Detroit’s next series was upended by another turnover of sorts, this time a stop on fourth-and-1 that was caused by Jonathan Bullard tipping Goff’s pass at the line of scrimmage. It returned the ball to Minnesota with three-and-a-half minutes left in the first half – and a prime opportunity to double-dip.
But they botched that chance, too, tasking Reichard with another field goal after fading at Detroit’s 13.
“This game could look differently in the end, very easily, with one or two more plays down in the red zone, being successful, and the way that works with momentum, and the way that works for the energy of your whole team. I thought the guys fought. I thought they battled,” Kevin O’Connell said. “They answered the bell, in that first half, turning the football over, giving us ops, getting stops. … We were going to go down there and try to get seven points, and we just didn’t do it. And you’re not going to beat a team like that, regardless of some of the other metrics in the game, when the weighty downs kind of go the way it did, and weighty as they get. They don’t get more weighty than scoring plays.”
Minnesota’s inability to capitalize offensively lingered in the third quarter, when Smith plucked an overthrown ball for Williams out of mid-air. Again, Reichard kicked a field goal.
To understand how well Minnesota’s defense played early look at the difference in second-quarter performance – a good indicator being it has been the most productive frame for the Lions this season in terms of yards (120.9) and points (10-plus) – Sunday and Week 7: The Vikings yielded 65 yards on 18 plays (3.6 avg.), and just three points, versus 202 yards on 17 plays (11.9 avg.) and 21 points in October.
Eventually, however, Gibbs stole the show.
The second-year phenom compiled 170 scrimmage yards and scored all four of Detroit’s touchdowns. He did it via a blend of untouchable speed, uncanny vision between the tackles and a serious finishing burst.
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Vikings vs. Lions score, live updates: Detroit, Minnesota face off for the NFC's No. 1 seed in 2024 NFL finale
Game 272 of the 2024 NFL regular season is a special one. In a year where so much of the playoff dust settled early, one Week 18 game stands out, not just for this season but in the history of the league, with the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings taking on the 14-2 Detroit Lions in the first regular-season game between two teams with 14 wins. The stakes are simple but extremely high: the winner is the NFC North champion and the No. 1 seed, with a first-round bye in the loaded NFC; while the loser is the No. 5 seed and will open the playoffs on the road during wild-card weekend. If the game should end in a tie, Detroit would win the division and be the 1-seed, thanks to winning the first matchup between the teams back in Week 7.
No matter how the game ends, this will be the first time in league history a wild-card team will have 14 wins. The only time a wild-card team had 13 wins in a season was 1999, when the 13-3 Tennessee Titans finished second in the AFC Central to the 14-2 Jacksonville Jaguars. Tennessee won the AFC championship game in Jacksonville that season before losing to the Rams in Super Bowl 34.
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Aaron Glenn’s secondary is going to be undeniably tested on Sunday night against the Vikings.
And it’s not just because Minnesota signal-caller Sam Darnold is enjoying a breakthrough campaign, with a career-best 35 touchdowns and 4,153 yards to his name. Instead, it’s also due to the Vikings’ deep receiving corps, which is highlighted by Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson.
Addison has caught 62 balls for 875 yards and nine touchdowns through 14 games this season, while Jefferson leads the way with 100 catches, 1,479 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Jefferson has cemented himself as not only Minnesota’s best pass-catcher, but also one of the most prolific receivers in today’s game.
Now in his fifth NFL season, the LSU product has amassed north of 1,000 receiving yards each year, including a league-best 1,809 yards in 2022. During the aforementioned ‘22 campaign, he also caught an NFL-high 128 passes, and recorded a league-best 106.4 receiving yards per game and earned first-team All-Pro honors.
Fast-forward to the 2024 campaign, a season in which he’s found himself catching passes from Darnold. Jefferson has established a tremendous rapport with the former journeyman quarterback, and so much so that he ranks No. 2 among all pass-catchers in receiving yards this season.
Additionally, in his first meeting with the Lions this season (Week 7), he caught seven balls for 81 yards and a score. At that juncture, Detroit’s secondary was still equipped with its top cornerback, Carlton Davis. That is no longer the case, though, as Davis suffered a fractured jaw in Week 15 against the Bills and hasn’t played a single snap since.
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Jefferson has a chance to feast on Sunday against a Lions cornerbacks group that is now led by rookie Terrion Arnold and veteran defensive back Amik Robertson. Arnold and Robertson have each struggled this season, with zero interceptions to their names and Pro Football Focus pass-coverage grades of 48.8 and 62.1, respectively.
I’m expecting Jefferson to be a matchup nightmare for both Arnold and Robertson on the outside, as well as for the Lions’ secondary as a whole. Detroit has been subpar at defending the pass all season long. In fact, it’s allowed the second-most passing yards to opponents (4,006), plus the most yards per game to opposing wide receivers (per PFF).
Glenn had high praise for the standout Vikings receiver earlier this week.
“I think he’s one of the toughest guys playing in that position,” the Detroit defensive play-caller expressed. “He’s an old-school player, in my opinion. It’s almost like he’s a defensive guy playing receiver.”
In nine career games against the Lions, Jefferson has produced 69 receptions for 1,154 yards and four touchdowns. Four of those games have come at Ford Field, in which the game-changing wideout has amassed a staggering 43 catches for 730 yards and two scores.
On Sunday, I’m predicting the three-time Pro Bowl receiver to finish with eight catches for 98 yards and a touchdown.
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