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Lisa Ashe, and expert in math education, says North Carolina is on the right track to improve students' math scores.

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We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.