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WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 ...

A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

The reading and math scores of 12th graders have plunged to their lowest level in over 20 years. The scores, part of a test from the National Assessment of Education Progress, showed the average ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Math and reading scores for 12th graders have reached an over 20-year low according to the Nation's Report Card, but Kentucky and Indiana grade school students are showing signs of ...

Students who took the 12th grade NAEP test in early 2024 reported lower confidence in their math abilities than their counterparts in 2019. Students from the class of 2024 had historically low scores ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...