Twelfth-grade reading performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress fell in 2024 to the lowest level recorded since the federally administered test began in 1992, according to results released this year.
The NAEP assessment, often called the nation’s report card, showed senior students struggling with comprehension of complex texts across public and private schools participating in the sample-based evaluation.
Education researchers said the decline extends a multi-year downward trend and raises questions about whether high school graduates are entering college and the workforce with adequate literacy for information-heavy jobs.
Policy groups urged states to invest in reading intervention before graduation, noting that remedial instruction becomes far costlier once students leave the K-12 system.
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