Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A new report card shows that math and reading scores of U.S. high schoolers has dropped to its lowest recorded level in decades.
The National Assessment of Education Progress' annual "Nation's Report Card" also showed that science scores among eighth graders fell 4 points since 2019. The three-point drop for math and reading proficiency in American 12th graders fell in the same time period to its lowest since 1992.
It showed 32% of students scored below "basic" level at its lowest since 2005, 45% of 12th graders at the same level and 38% of 8th graders below basic, suggesting an inability to remember basic science facts.
On Tuesday, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon called it a "bleak" trend in a video posted to social media.
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