id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-8265 Pattillo, Gary Fast Facts 2009-10-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 509 26 57 On a long-term basis, mathematics scores have experienced an upward trend and are now four points higher than a decade ago; conversely, critical reading scores have declined, now four points below what they were ten years ago. The average mathematics score is the same as last year, while the reading and writing scores went down one point in 2008. cache/crln-8265.pdf txt/crln-8265.txt