Nationally, average reading scores also declined compared to 2022, but at a smaller rate than in Vermont. In mathematics, average scores in Vermont did not change from 2022. Nationwide, average math scores increased from 2022 by two points in Grade 4, but did not change in Grade 8.

Reading scores among fourth graders on the 2024 assessments are the same as the 2022 results – which Gov. Glenn Youngkin called catastrophic at the time.