The state education department says reading and math scores for students in New York State fell substantially during the pandemic.
Slightly less than 40-percent of students in grades three-through-eight passed math assessments last spring.
English scores were just a bit better, with just under 50-percent of students passing.
Meantime, federal officials say math scores for students in grades four-through-eight, in New York and most states, fell at record rates during the pandemic and there was also a substantial drop in reading.