Pandemic continues to impact national test scores.
National test scores for 13-year-olds in the US have shown the largest drop in math in 50 years and no signs of academic recovery following the disruptions of the pandemic. Student scores plunged nine points in math and four points in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often regarded as the nation’s report card. The average math score is now the same as it was in 1990, while the average reading score is the same as it was in 2004. The hardest hit were the lowest-performing students, and students from all regions of the country and of all races and ethnicities lost ground in math.