American schools weren’t broken until Silicon Valley used a lie to convince them they were—now reading and math scores are plummeting
For more than a decade, a trend has emerged in standardized testing data for students in Utah. After years of increasing reading and math scores, results from the state’s National Assessment of Educational Progress testing for fourth- and eighth-graders have shown a steady and continuing downturn.
TL;DR
- A downward trend in standardized test scores has been observed in Utah for over a decade.
- Prior to this decline, reading and math scores for students had been increasing.
- Recent NAEP results for fourth- and eighth-graders show a steady and continuing downturn.