New federal data reveals that 9-year-olds’ reading and math scores have declined significantly across the board since the start of the pandemic.  The results show the largest average score decline in reading since 1990, and the first ever score decline in mathematics, the National Center for Education Statistics  said. In other words, no group of high- or low-performing students was spared from a decline in performance by the pandemic and remote schooling. Click the link in our bio for the full story.