US children fall behind in reading, plateau in math

Kids' reading, math skills are worsening, new test scores reveal. What's going on?
The nation's young people scored an average 5 points lower in reading than kids who tested before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, from 220 to 215 for fourth graders and from 263 to 258 for eighth graders.
Nation's Report Card has been released. See how SC kids rank at math and reading.
As scores on a national test of math and reading continued a downward slide, South Carolina students held steady, improved or at least declined at a slower rate.
US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math
Nation's report card: US children fall behind in reading, plateau in math
New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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