The pandemic had a lasting impact on students, but the gap between high- and low-NAEP performers appears to have started about a decade ago.

Last year, 45% of Delaware fourth grade students scored below basic reading levels on the NAEP test, which is 2 percentage points better than the results in 1998 and 2022.

America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made ...

The most recent exam was administered in early 2024 in every state, testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on math and reading ... and some were unable to identify that the word “industrious” means ...

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.

American students’ reading skills have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, and their math skills have barely ...

The most recent exam was administered in early 2024 in every state, testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on math and reading ... to identify that the word “industrious” means ...