Study Warns of 'Unprecedented Drop in Performance' For Students Globally

Study Warns of , 'Unprecedented
Drop in Performance' , For Students Globally.
A new study suggests that students around
the world experienced historic setbacks in
reading and math amid the COVID-19 pandemic. .
ABC reports that declines in testing were found to be
so widespread that the United States climbed in
global rankings just by not falling behind as sharply.
The Program for International Student Assessment
gave the state of global education a bleak appraisal. .
Their report found that the average international
math score dropped by an amount equal
to three-quarters of a year of education.
Over the same time, reading scores dropped by
an amount equal to half a year of schooling.
ABC reports that the negative impact on
education spanned nations both rich and poor, large
and small, with only a very few seeing any progress.
In countries where testing was conducted, a quarter
of students were found to now be considered
low performers in math, reading and science. .
The report warns that the results suggest
an "unprecedented drop in performance." .
The whole world is struggling
with math, and we are
not immune from that, Peggy Carr, Head of the National Center for Education Statistics, via ABC.
Everyone had struggles during
the pandemic. What we’re
seeing here is we had less, Peggy Carr, Head of the National Center for Education Statistics, via ABC.
Last year, a national study in the U.S. found that
math scores dropped by more than ever before
the pandemic, while reading scores fell to 1992 levels