Lowest High School Academic Scores Levels In Decades

Reading and math scores among high school students are dropping to the lowest levels in decades.

Data from the National Assessment of Education Progress found that 12th grade reading scores dropped to the lowest in the history of the exam, which began in 1992, while math scores for the same age group declined to the lowest rating since 2005.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut schools were roughly the same.

Massachusetts saw eighth grade scores in Math at 283.

Connecticut 277.

Rhode Island at 270.

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Massachusetts with a score of 268.

Connecticut 263.

Rhode Island 258.

The assessment considers the scores from not significantly different than 2022 test results.

The results of the assessment, which is commonly known as the Nation's Report Card, are the first for these groups since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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