Arizona bucked a national trend in 2022 when its reading scores held steady, despite declining nationwide, from the test administered in 2019. But that didn't last — Arizona reading scores dropped between 2022 and last year. Arizona students' math scores stagnated from 2022 to 2024 after falling between 2019 and 2022.

The test, also known as the Nation’s Report Card, is administered to fourth and eighth grade students across the nation, assessing students’ proficiency in both math and reading.

Today’s student are America’s future workers, but new data show their reading skills have fallen, and math skills aren’t improving. This data should concern employers.

Baltimore City students are performing below average in math and reading compared to other students in large cities, according to the latest national test results.