Study Warns of , 'Unprecedented Drop in Performance' , For Students Globally.
A new study suggests that students around the world experienced historic setbacks in reading and math amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ABC reports that declines in testing were found to be so widespread that the United States climbed in global rankings just by not falling behind as sharply.
The Program for International Student Assessment gave the state of global education a bleak appraisal.
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Their report found that the average international math score dropped by an amount equal to three-quarters of a year of education.
Over the same time, reading scores dropped by an amount equal to half a year of schooling.
ABC reports that the negative impact on education spanned nations both rich and poor, large and small, with only a very few seeing any progress.
In countries where testing was conducted, a quarter of students were found to now be considered low performers in math, reading and science.
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The report warns that the results suggest an "unprecedented drop in performance." .
The whole world is struggling with math, and we are not immune from that, Peggy Carr, Head of the National Center for Education Statistics, via ABC.
Everyone had struggles during the pandemic.
What we’re seeing here is we had less, Peggy Carr, Head of the National Center for Education Statistics, via ABC.
Last year, a national study in the U.S. found that math scores dropped by more than ever before the pandemic, while reading scores fell to 1992 levels
