Summary
High school seniors had their worst reading scores in 30 years, and math dropped too. Experts blame the pandemic, more screen time, and changes in education policy. About a third lack basic reading skills and many are not ready for college.
Highlights
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The results, from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, long regarded as the nation’s most reliable, gold-standard exam, showed that about a third of the 12th-graders who were tested last year did not have basic reading skills.
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Only about a third of 12th graders are leaving high school with the reading and math skills necessary for college-level work
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Over the last decade, both adults and children began to replace reading time with screen time, social media and, increasingly, streaming video.