WASHINGTON — A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation's report card.

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A decade-long slide in high school students' performance in reading and math persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years

That's according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation's report card

Eighth-grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress

The assessments were the first since the pandemic fo

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