In 2022, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducted a special administration of the NAEP long-term trend (LTT) reading and mathematics assessments for age 9 students to examine student achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Average scores for age 9 students in 2022 declined 5 points in reading and 7 points in mathematics compared to 2020. This is the largest average score decline in reading since 1990, and the first ever score decline in mathematics.
There were also great declines shown by gender in mathematics. Females (age 9) had a 12 point drop (25th percentile) and 5 point drop (75th percentile) from 2020 students compared to a 9 point drop (25th percentile) seen in males. The raw scores from females are now 5 points (25th percentile) and 6 points (75th percentile) below their male peers.
More information can be accessed here.
https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2022/#section-more-about
