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By Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel
1/29/24
Florida students scored significantly worse on national reading tests taken last year than in 2022, mirroring a continuing national decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, data released Wednesday morning shows.
The Sunshine State’s eighth graders also struggled on the national math test, posting the state’s lowest scores in 20 years. Those middle schoolers’ reading scores dropped to the lowest recorded in more than 25 years.
The state’s fourth grade reading score fell to the worst mark since 2003. Those students’ math score was about the same as two years ago, but still short of pre-pandemic numbers.
Read the full article here: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/29/florida-reading-math-scores-fall-to-lowest-mark-in-more-than-20-years-on-nations-report-card/
