‘Learning Recession’: Why Student Test Scores Have Seen a Decade-Long Decline Across the U.S.

Over the past ten-plus years, American students’ academic achievement has experienced a concerning decline.
CNN

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...
Education Week

Mounting Evidence Shows National Reading Scores Stuck at Historic Lows

Students’ reading scores haven’t budged from pandemic-era lows, even as math achievement has crept up, according to new data released today from the testing group NWEA. The latest analysis of the ...
Washington Times

U.S. student test scores in a generation-long decline

Student test scores in math and reading have been steadily declining since 2013, well before COVID-19. The pandemic only exacerbated the loss, a new analysis by the Stanford Institute for Economic ...
WRAL

NC, US students are in a ‘reading recession’ as test scores continue to decline

North Carolina students remain in what researchers are calling a "reading recession," though students are improving in math, new data shows. The problems with reading have been complicated by poor ...
NPR

In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump

When it comes to reading, the nation's third- through eighth-graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump, according to new testing data. In math, the news is only a little more heartening: Student ...