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The extent of the pandemic’s toll was laid bare when students took the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly called “the nation’s report card,” in 2022. Average math scores on a 500-point scale fell by eight points for eighth-graders and by five points for fourth-grade test-takers — the steepest declines recorded in more than a half-century of testing. This quiz features some of the questions fourth- and eighth-grade students encountered on that exam. It includes questions they breezed by and stumbled over, from algebra to geometry, as well as the share of students who scored points. How do you stack up?

After pandemic closures, kids are still behind. Can you do their math?

After pandemic closures, kids are still behind. Can you do their math?

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