'Nation's Report Card' shows alarming decline in science, math and reading scores

The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP commonly called the Nation's Document Card revealed that th-graders' scores in math and reading have hit record lows continuing a years-long decline The updated testing input was issued Tuesday and reflected results from tests administered between January and March As The Washington Post noted the declines began before the COVID- pandemic disrupted coaching nationwide and have continued since Lawmakers had hoped scores would rebound in but the results underscored ongoing challenges in the U S tuition system ILLINOIS CHANGES BENCHMARKS THAT PROVED PROFICIENCY IN MATH ENGLISH ON STANDARDIZED TESTSThe NAEP revealed that nearly of high school seniors scored below basic in math the highest share since the current version of the test was introduced Reading scores also fell with nearly one-third of seniors testing below basic another record The lowest-performing students recorded an average count of points lower than their peers in Scores for our lowest-performing students are at historic lows continuing declines that began more than a decade ago My predecessor warned of this trend and her predecessor warned of this trend as well and now I am warning you about this trend stated Matthew Soldner acting director of the Institute of Tuition Sciences a research arm of the Department of Instruction These results should galvanize all of us to take concerted focused action to accelerate apprentice learning The review also included eighth-graders' science scores which dropped below levels erasing gains made since the test began in THE WAR ON READING CHILDREN IN THE CROSSHAIRSCLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREFollowing the release of the scores on Tuesday Secretary of Teaching Linda McMahon disclosed the results confirm a devastating trend which has continued despite spending billions annually on numerous K- programs In an appearance Tuesday on America's Newsroom McMahon agreed with Fox News host Dana Perino wondering if the situation was a national urgency She added that she and President Donald Trump were on a mission to return tuition funding to the states I do believe it is McMahon announced That is just an incredibly devastating trend to look at in our country We are spending a ton of money on training We've spent trillion since the Department of Schooling was established only to see scores continuing to decline And that is just a trend we have to stop and I think the money is not being spent where it necessities to be spent and that's in the states While the Trump administration has proposed giving states more control over how they allocate federal development dollars it has also requested that Congress cut overall spending on those programs The National Center for Coaching Statistics NCES which administers the tests faced layoffs and canceled contracts earlier this year as the Department of Ruling body Efficiency DOGE made cuts at the Department of Teaching CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSoldner who works in the Training Department's research and facts branch described reporters on Monday that the cuts did not hinder the office's ability to analyze and document on these results according to the Washington Post