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Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet

National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts

The Guardian - US · 7h ago

Concerned US Teachers Warn About Literacy Crisis: “Every Last One Of Us Should Be Scared”

Have you noticed the approaching literacy crisis?

Bored Panda · Jul 11, 2025

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

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Middle schoolers' reading and math scores plummet

Scores have been dropping for a decade.

Axios · Jun 21, 2023

Test scores across US reveal 'heartbreaking' pandemic declines, with math hit hard

LOS ANGELES — Eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation and fourth-graders in a large majority of states, including California, saw significant drops in average math scores since the pandemic, reflecting "heartbreaking" academic setbacks for students across wide swaths of the country, according to the results of the "nation's…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022

Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

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