Jacque Schrag/Axios Students in Florida — and across the U.S. — had low reading comprehension scores last year in a learning loss trend exacerbated by the pandemic, according to a national education report released Wednesday.

Nationally, average reading scores also declined compared to 2022, but at a smaller rate than in Vermont. In mathematics, average scores in Vermont did not change from 2022. Nationwide, average math scores increased from 2022 by two points in Grade 4, but did not change in Grade 8.

New Mexico students, including those in Albuquerque, have not recovered academically from the pandemic, according to newly released test scores often called "The Nation's Report Card." The scores released Wednesday from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show declines in reading and math scores among fourth grade and eighth grade students in the state between 2024 and