The results of the 2021 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, the Texas standardized tests, indicate 36% of Texas fourth grade students scored at or above grade level for reading.
The percentage of fourth-grade students reading at or above grade level declined from 2019 to 2021. In 2019, 43% of students were reading at or above grade level.
At the Austin Independent School District, 30% of 7th graders “did not meet” standards for reading. That number jumped to 45% in 2021. The discrepancy was even more heightened for mathematics. In 2019, 44% of 7th graders “did not meet” expectations. That number jumped to 72% in 2021, meaning nearly 3 out of every 4 7th graders were not at their understanding their concepts appropriate for their grade.
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/new-staar-data-reveals-texas-students-slipped-significantly-in-reading-and-math/
The percentage of fourth-grade students reading at or above grade level declined from 2019 to 2021. In 2019, 43% of students were reading at or above grade level.
Cutting of funding for public schools won't improve those numbers.