Test scores released today from the Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress show significant drops in both reading and math among 13-year-olds. The New York Times reports that the “last time math performance was this low for 13-year-olds was in 1990. In reading, 2004.” The drops were most pronounced among students from low-income families and minority students.

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