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Big drop in history and civics scores for American students shows extent of pandemic learning loss

American students are failing to learn basic facts about their own nation’s history or how its government works, according to a closely watched assessment whose results were released on Wednesday.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, is a nationwide test known as “the Nation’s Report Card” for the sweeping view it provides to educators and policymakers of learning gains — or losses.

The history and civics tests were administered to eighth graders across the country in 2022. Eight thousand children took the test and were graded on a scale from 0 to 300.

On the history assessment, American students scored an average of 258, a 9-point drop from the 2014 test— and a 5-point decline from the 2018 results. Students are now scoring, on average, a point lower than they did when the NAEP history test was first given in 1994.

Only 13% of students showed proficiency in knowledge of American history, a 5-point drop from 2014.

For civics, test scores fell from 150 to 153, the first decline registered by NAEP and a disheartening return to where American students were when the civics assessment began in 1998.

Only 22% of students showed civics proficiency, a worrying reality that could lead to further erosion of trust in democratic institutions.