Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

2026-05-13 15:01 • ;Claire Cain Miller, Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh
The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
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