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The Nation's Report Card shows declining scores for US 8th graders in science.

12th graders' math and reading scores are lower than previous assessments, per NAEP.

Utah students outperform national averages, but 8th-grade reading scores continue to decline.

SALT LAKE CITY — If the updated Nation's Report Card was an individual student's report card, a "Parent-Teacher Conference Requested" comment would likely be in order.

The National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP — aka "the Nation's Report Card" — is reporting declining scores for the nation's eighth graders in science and 12th graders in math and reading.

"These results are sobering," NCES acting Commissioner Matthew Soldner said in an NAEP news release. "The drop in overall scores coincides with significa

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