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Proficiency in Math and Reading in Middle-School Students Continues to Drop, National Test Results Show

The 2022–23 National Assessment of Educational Progress test indicates 13-year-olds are worse at reading and mathematics than they were in the 2019–20 school year. The falls wipe out decades of improvement, putting reading scores one point above what they were in 1971 and math scores five points above. Experts say that the pandemic likely caused these decreased scores. “For many students, they were not exposed to quality, curriculum, and instruction. Most of the education that they received was via distance learning,” he said.
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Proficiency in Math and Reading in Middle-School Students Continues to Drop, National Test Results Show
Fairfax County Public School buses parked at a middle school in Falls Church, Va., on July 20, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
By Jackson Elliott
8/2/2023Updated: 8/2/2023
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, some worry the accelerated academic decline it seems to have started is only getting worse.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test for the 2022–23 school year indicates that 13-year-olds are poorer at reading and mathematics than during the 2019–20 school year.
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Jackson Elliott is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.
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