Nation's Report Card Released; Student Decline Can No Longer Be Blamed on COVID

"NAEP has reported decline in reading achievement consistently since 2019"

Student decline can no longer be blamed on the COVID pandemic.

Data released today by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) supports that the decline in reading and math that started pre-COVID was compounded by the pandemic, and then continued downward despite the millions of dollars funneled to schools nationwide to address COVID-era learning …