According to the Ministry of Education's evaluation, American students are still struggling to read and mathematics for several years following the COVID-19 pandemic. release on tuesday.
This report is called a “national report card” and is a nationwide evaluation of education (NAEP) (NAEP) to test the academic progress of the US school system every two years. The new results were from the latest exams conducted in all states in 2024, testing 4th and 8th graders in mathematics and reading.
As a result, one -third of the eighth graders scored under the “basic” of reading. Compared to 2022, the average mathematics score of eighth graders has not changed, and both grades of reading scores have dropped by 2 points. The result will come a few years later government And the school -led school -led school was closed.
“Overall, students have not returned to the performance before pandemic,” said NCES Commissioner Peggy G. Car. “”If there are signs of recovery, they are mostly mathematics and are mainly driven by high -performance students. Lower performance students are particularly struggling to read。 “
Ministry of Education release A statement that calls the result “sad”.
“Today's NAEP results have revealed the sad reality of American students and confirmed our worst fear. Most students did not recover from pandemic -related learning losses, but are the most delayed. The student who needed the most support was even more delayed. “The federal government invests in the K-12 education every year, and despite the $ 190 billion of the federal pandemic fund, our educational system continues to fail students nationwide. “
“We have to do better for students. The Trump administration has re -distributed our educational systems, gives the nation completely and gives priority to meaningful learning. The category has been promised to provide universal access to high quality guidance.
One positive discovery is two points in the fourth grade mathematics score. However, according to the report, the overall score is three points lower than the average pandemic in 2019.
The overall score draws a miserable picture, but some districts and states have improved. For example, fourth grade math scores have increased in 15 states/jurisdictions. In 14 urban areas, the average score of fourth grade mathematics has increased. The public schools at the Colombia Special School won 10 points. Gilford County School, Baltimore, New York City 8 points. Houston 7 points.
The impressive trend in the report is that the gap between students with higher performance and low students is increasing. For example, in the eighth grade math score, the score of low -grade students has decreased, but highly performed students have improved. According to the report, the average score in 2024 has not improved significantly since 2022. The same is seen in the fourth grade math score, and you can see that low -performance students have achieved a better score for better performances.
“NAEP has consistently reported on a decrease in reading achievement since 2019, and the continuous decrease since the pandemic is facing complex issues that cannot be completely explained due to the effects of COVID-19. It suggests that, “said NCES Deputy Committee Daniel MCgrath.
Nicki Neile, Chairman of Education, stated that the score has indicated that the American education system is in a crisis. She said:
Many of these decreases began before the pandemic, but they were definitely worse due to the closed schools demanded by the union during the cobid. Over the past few years, schools nationwide have only been a babysitter center for taxpayers who are mainly focused on happiness, identity politics, and self -esteem of social emotions. It is not surprising that the chronic absentee rate has soared because students recognize that education is an option.
“Our country has betrayed the generation of young learners and has taken the opportunity to them. We are essential for us to read American educational systems, write, and focus on arithmetic. She added.
Catherine Hamilton is a political reporter in Bright Bart News. You can follow her with X @thekat_hamilton。
