Major global test shows U.S. students struggling after pandemic

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- American students' math scores took a bigger hit from the pandemic than their peers overseas, according to a major international test.

U.S. fourth- and eighth-graders saw their math scores drop steeply on a big worldwide test between 2019 and 2023, as more than a dozen other countries saw their scores improve, according to results released Wednesday from the Trends in International M