F For Flunking

Public schools continue to fail downward:

The latest math scores from 2022 show the largest declines in the fourth and eighth grades since we began tracking these scores in 1990. Math scores for both grade benchmarks have been in a free fall since 2013. The decline is not isolated to one region of the country. As a matter of fact, according to NAEP, “Fourth-grade mathematics scores declined across all regions of the country and in 43 states/jurisdictions.” Not only do we see scores decline, but “a larger proportion of fourth-grade students performed below NAEP Basic in mathematics in 43 states/jurisdictions.”

But I'm sure they all got passing grades anyway...