American students continued a pattern of failing to make notable gains in a national exam, with result scores dropping in nearly all categories and on par with those from a decade ago.

Fourth-graders made the only statistically significant gain—1 point—in math, for an average score of 241 out of a possible 500, according to the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card, released Wednesday. The tests are taken every two years by a sample of fourth and eighth-graders in reading and math.

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