13-year-olds' reading, math scores decline for first time in national test's history
October 15, 2021 at 16:30 PM EDT
Math and reading test scores for the nation's 13-year-old students fell between 2012 and 2020 for the first time in the nearly 50-year history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend (LTT) assessment, according to results released Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
