Students around the globe earned among the lowest average scores ever in science, reading and mathematics on the Program for International Student Assessment.
“We can clearly see that this isn’t just a pandemic story,” said Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.
U.S. test scores have steadily fallen for ten years now. And despite what many think, this problem has been affecting students long before COVID. So what can be done to turn things around? #academic #students #satscore
When teachers inflate grades — giving higher marks than students’ actual performance warrants — the effects ripple far beyond the classroom.