Submission + - NAEP Reading, Math Scores Decline for 9-Year-Olds During Pandemic
theodp writes: "The NAEP 2022 Long-Term Trend (LTT) Highlights Report is available!" exclaims the National Center for Education Statistics about a new report comparing prepandemic performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress LTT reading and math assessments for age 9 students from 2020 to 2022 results. But "The Nation's Report Card" is a bad one, as average scores for age 9 students in 2022 declined five points in reading and seven points in math compared to 2020, the largest average score decline in reading since 1990, and the first ever score decline in math. In both subjects, scores for lower-performing age 9 students declined more than scores for higher-performing students compared to 2020.
"This data should remind everyone that we cannot let up in our efforts to accelerate student learning, support their mental health needs, and invest in our educators who are serving students in classrooms every day," said U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in a statement.
The news that notably fewer students could carry out simple reading tasks or understand texts, or handle arithmetic and early math problem solving coincidentally came on the same day that CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google would spend $20 million to expand computer science education access to address "deep opportunity gaps in education."
"This data should remind everyone that we cannot let up in our efforts to accelerate student learning, support their mental health needs, and invest in our educators who are serving students in classrooms every day," said U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in a statement.
The news that notably fewer students could carry out simple reading tasks or understand texts, or handle arithmetic and early math problem solving coincidentally came on the same day that CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google would spend $20 million to expand computer science education access to address "deep opportunity gaps in education."
