These are “sharp, steep declines,” said Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which manages TIMSS in the United States, in a call with reporters on Tuesday.
The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...
U.S. students are seeing their performance on math slip compared to other countries, with scores dropping dramatically since the pandemic. Fourth graders’ math scores are 18 points behind those ...