Math and reading scores among 13-year-olds in the United States have fallen to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a federal test known as the nation’s report card.The results, released on Wednesday, are the latest measure of the deep learning setbacks incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. While earlier testing revealed the magnitude of America’s learning loss, the latest test casts light on the persistence of those setbacks, dimming hopes of swift academic recovery.More than two years after most students returned to in-person learning, there are still “worrisome signs about student achievement”, said Peggy G Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the federal education department.
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