During a week, the typical American eighth-grader spends 21.2hours watching television and 5.5 hours doing homework.
In describing the first results of a study that will follow25,000 eighth-graders through high school and beyond, the NationalCenter for Education Statistics also reported that:
One out of five eighth-graders is unable to do even simplearithmetic involving addition, subtraction, multiplication anddivision.
Only 40 percent can manage the decimals and fractions that makeup the major portion of middle-school instruction.
Fourteen percent are unable to read even at a basic level - theycannot repeat details or express the main thought of what they haveread.
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