America's Learning Recession: A Decade of Decline in Student Test Scores The alarming trend of declining student test scores across the United States has been a persistent concern for educators and policymakers over the past decade.
According to data released by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, reading scores have plummeted 0. 6 grades since 2015, while math scores have dropped 0. 4 grades during the same period.
This decline indicates that students are now significantly behind their peers from just a decade ago. The downward trend in test scores began even before 2015, as revealed by the Education Scorecard report.