{
  "id": 9785518,
  "title": "US math and reading test scores are at a 25-year low. Trump cut the agency that can provide answers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/us-math-and-reading-test-scores-are-at-a-25-year-low-trump-cut-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/25/student-math-reading-test-scores"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts As reading and math scores fall to their lowest point in the past quarter-century, the US now has fewer tools to understand and develop interventions for this troubling trend. When the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to the Department of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}