Falling behind in math

Students in grades 3-8 who took a math test this fall scored lower in a national percentile ranking compared to last year.

Low-poverty

schools

Average-poverty

schools

High-poverty

schools

100%

80

60

40

20

0

2019

’20

’19

’20

’19

’20

Low-poverty

schools

Average-poverty

schools

High-poverty

schools

100%

80

60

40

20

0

2019

’20

’19

’20

’19

’20

Low-poverty

schools

Average-poverty

schools

High-poverty

schools

100%

80

60

40

20

0

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020