The 3 Things Experts Say Would Make US Education World Class

On average, American eighth graders scored more than 120 points below their peers in Singapore and Taiwan.

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Plummeting reading and math scores are often blamed on COVID-19, but negative trends in U.S. public school performance compared with that of other developed countries predate the pandemic.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reported at least six years of steady decline in reading and math scores on domestic standardized tests leading up to the 2024 results.