Report: Math Scores Plummet in Nearly Every State After School Lockdowns

A masked elementary student / Getty Images After two years of pandemic-disrupted learning, nearly every state saw fourth- and eighth-grade students’ math scores plummet, the Education Department reported Monday.

The average math scores for students in 43 states and jurisdictions fell sharply in 2022 compared with 2019, with the remaining 10 seeing no significant improvement or decline, according to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card . The average math score dropped 5 points for fourth graders and 8 points for eighth graders compared with 2019. Public schools across the country also saw an average 3-point decrease in reading scores for the same grades. Reading scores matched the NAEP’s 1992 assessment, and math scores are back to 2003 levels, wiping out decades of progress.

The NAEP report is the latest and largest analysis of the pandemic’s alarming impact on American students. An August report […]

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