The student test scores tracked by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card, and released this week are just as disastrous as expected.

Over the past two years, fourth grade and eighth grade students’ mathematics scores suffered the biggest decline ever recorded, with fourth grade scores declining by 5 points and eighth grade scores dropping by 8 points. Just 26% of eighth graders are now able to perform math proficiently.

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