In 2024, the percentage of eighth-graders reading below the basic level was the largest in the assessment’s history, and the percentage of fourth-graders who scored below basic was the largest in 20 years.

In fact, only three states or jurisdictions outperformed Beehive State students. But the decline in Utah’s eighth grade reading scores — reflecting national trends in declining reading performances — caught the attention of the state’s education leaders.

MICHIGAN — A new report found that the country's students are still struggling to bounce back after the pandemic, especially regarding reading. The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card looks at how 4th and 8th graders nationwide are doing in reading and math among other subjects.

BOSTON - An educational assessment known as "the Nation's Report Card" has Massachusetts students scoring higher than their peers on math and reading tests given to fourth and eighth graders nationwide in 2024.

American students’ reading skills have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, and their math skills have barely improved, according to the nation's biennial "Report Card."