Students are performing worse in reading , mathematics, and science than they did in 2019, with more high school seniors scoring below basic achievement in reading and math than ever before in a national report card.

The historically low testing data come from the National Assessment of Educational Progress administered by the Education Department ‘s National Center for Education Statistics in the first three months of 2024. Average science scores for eighth graders in the 2024 exam fell by 4 percentage points compared to the 2019 average, while average mathematics and reading scores fell by 3 points compared to those in 2019.

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