New Reading, Math Scores Dubbed " Crisis" The Next Generation Science Standards ( NGSS) state assessment tested 5th, 8th, and 11th grade students and was presented alongside pre-pandemic state and district data from 2019. This year's numbers show a 6.2 percent drop (26.6 percent to 20.4 percent) from the district's 2019 data. The results revealed declines in math and reading scores ...