'These results are sobering': US high-school seniors' reading and math scores plummet [View all]
Source: The Guardian
The average reading and math scores of American high school seniors fell to their lowest levels in two decades in 2024, according to new national data released last week.
The results, from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), found that, on average, reading scores for 12th graders were 10 points lower in 2024 than they were in 1992, when the test was first administered, and that math scores fell to their lowest levels since 2005, when the math assessment began.
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The report found that 35% of seniors “performed at or above” the NAEP’s “proficient” level in reading, and 22% were at or above that level in math.
It also stated that 45% of 12th graders scored below the NAEP’s “basic” level in math, marking a five percentage-point increase from 2019. In reading, 32% of students scored below the basic level, which was a two-point increase from 2019.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/sep/20/high-school-students-scores
This is what happens when television and social media tells our kids that it's cool to be stupid. When I grew up we celebrated scientists, engineers, researchers, etc. Now it's reality TV stars who contribute zero to society (except for helping keep the electorate dumbed down). It's absolutely no wonder that our technological expertise is quickly falling behind other countries.
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