Student test scores are in a decade-long decline | Sound of Ideas

Sound of Ideas · Oct 16, 2026 · 52m

U.S. student test scores in decade-long decline As a society, we've talked a lot about the impact the pandemic has had on classroom learning, but a new report on U.S. student test scores shows that a majority of public school districts have been struggling since well before the pandemic, and have continued afterwards. The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford compiles district-level third-through-eighth grade test scores data from 40 states, including Ohio, and just published last year's numbers. Compared to 2015, reading scores from 2025 are down in 83% of school districts, and math…