1、HEATHER L.SCHWARTZ,ROBERT BOZICK,MELISSA KAY DILIBERTI,SARAH OHLSStudents Lose Interest in MathFindings from the American Youth PanelStudents in the United States still have not recovered to precoronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic math and reading levels.For example,the average math scores of

2、8th graders in 2024,published by the National Assessment of Educational Progress,were eight points lower than in 2019(The Nations Report Card,undated).Furthermore,the lowest-performing students performed worse in 2024 than in 2022,after the pandemic dissipated(The Nations Report Card,undated).Additi

3、onally,students are now absent from school at substantially higher rates than before the COVID-19 pandemic,further complicating recovery efforts(Dee,2024).These trends raise urgent questions about the state of student engagement in the classroom and areas in which policymakers and practitioners migh

4、t be able to intervene.This report offers one possible explanation for the slow post-pandemic recovery:Students are frequently bored with math.To help inform possible solutions for math curriculum developers,school district leaders,math teachers,and math specialists,this report presents new survey d

5、ata on middle school and high school students perceptions of their math class experiences.Although students experiencing bore-dom is not unique to math,this core academic subject is our focus in this report and on which we present new data on student attitudes.This report is based on data from RANDs

6、 newly established American Youth Panel(AYP).The AYP is a probability samplebased panel of youths who regularly complete surveys via email and text message about their attitudes,behaviors,experiences in school,and other issues affecting their lives.At the time of this writing,the panel is made up of