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It’s Becoming Impossible to Know How Your Kid Is Doing in School

Between 2010 and 2022, average high school grade-point averages rose significantly — especially in math, to 3.32 from 3.02.
The New York Times

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows. By Claire Cain Miller Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh Something troubling is happening in U.S.
WESH

Student test scores drop nationwide over the last decade

Student test scores have declined across most of the United States over the last decade, according to new numbers from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Reading scores are down in more ...
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 ...
Boston Herald

Parents trust report cards more than test scores, with consequences for kids

Most parents want to help their children succeed. We check report cards, ask about homework and try to help our kids study. When that fails, we sometimes hire tutors. But in an era of rising grades, ...
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 ...
Time

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

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

ACT scoring issue could change Wisconsin students' test scores

A scoring issue with the spring online ACT exam has prompted the testing company to remove and reissue scores. Affected students' composite and section scores will either stay the same or increase ...
NPR

Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...
CBS News

U.S. students' "reading recession" continuing but some places bucking the trend, report shows

Modesto, Calif. — 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" ...