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[00:00.11]12th-graders ¡ª largely stagnant, since the last time they took this test in 2009.
[00:04.70]Only about one-quarter of high school seniors reaching the proficient level in math, 38% hitting the mark in reading in the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
[00:14.13]One theory is more lower-performing students in the mix, instead of dropping out on the heels of a record 80% graduation rate in 2012.
[00:21.76]Still, the Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board, calls the lack of improvement unacceptable.
[00:26.92]Third and eighth grade students have been improving, slowly, since the early 1990's.
[00:31.65]Lisa Brady, FOX News Radio.