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Just 26 percent of eighth graders now perform math proficiently, down from 33 percent in 2019, as part of the biggest such decline in three decades, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
In a predictable yet nonetheless shocking outcome, the latest scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recorded the biggest decline in math in three decades.