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America's Educational Devastation

New twelfth grade Math and Reading scores are a horrendous indictment

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Ben Domenech
Sep 09, 2025
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The WSJ reports on the continued falloff post-Covid.

American high-school seniors’ scores on major math and reading tests fell to their lowest levels on record, according to results released Tuesday by the U.S. Education Department.

Twelfth-graders’ average math score was the worst since the current test began in 2005, and reading was below any point sinc…

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