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Learning math, and why it is hard: what national and international test results show about how students and adults do.

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StoryWhy American Students Struggle With Math: The DataU.S. math scores plateaued in 2013 and fell after 2019. See the NAEP, PISA and adult-skills numbers, what builds the gaps, and how math anxiety fits in.