Average math scores are about how students did in 1990; average reading scores are similar to 2004. “This is a very serious matter,” said Peggy Carr, head of the National Center for Education ...

Overall, the national average math score for fourth grade fell five points since 2019, from 241 to 236 out of a possible 500, and eight points for eighth grade, from 282 to 274.

Math and reading scores have taken another blow as schools struggle to rein in pandemic learning loss, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Average math scores for ...

Of the fourth-graders in the lowest SES category, though, the results are nearly flipped, with just 34% performing above the national average. The results in math performance were similarly disparate.

Latest math, reading scores out for Maryland students 02:06. BALTIMORE -- Baltimore City students are performing below average in math and reading compared to other students in large cities ...

Overall, average math scores for 9-year-olds dropped 7 points, and average reading scores declined 5 points from 2020 to 2022. Other key takeaways from the report: ...

While U.S. teenagers were average in reading and science, their scores were below average in math, compared to 64 other countries and economies that participated in the 2012 Program for ...

Only 10 education systems abroad outscored the U.S. overall average in math or science. The TIMSS scale is 0 to 1,000, with 500 the international average. Students must score 400 to reach the ...

American 15-year-olds scored below average in math among the world's most-developed countries, according to rankings released every three years. They were close to average in science and reading.