"Wake-up call" education test results
Add Axios as your preferred source to
see more of our stories on Google.
Students' reading scores fell to 1992 levels, and math scores dropped by the largest amount ever recorded, according to new test results out Monday — laying bare the pandemic's devastating toll on the nation's students.
Zoom out: No state posted improvements in math, per the results, known as the Nation's Report Card.
Between the lines: Math scores declined among eighth-graders across racial and ethnic groups and among lower- and higher- achieving students alike, per the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results.
- The average math score for eighth graders dropped 8 points from 2019 — and was lower than all previous tests since 2003.
The bottom line: "If this is not a wake-up call for us to double down our efforts and improve education, ... then I don’t know what will," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
Go deeper... National test scores fall to lowest levels in decades
