The math and reading achievement of American students has risen since 1971, but only at a snail’s pace, according to a new report issued this week by the Brown Center on Education Policy at The Brookings Institution.

The report, The Brown Center Report on American Education, also found that, while gains in math since 1973 have been significant, gains in reading have been exceedingly small. And the report finds that older children continue to lag behind younger children in both math and reading achievement.

Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) analyzed in the report shows nine, thirteen, and seventeen-year-olds made very small gains in reading from 1971 to 1999, with nine-year-olds showing the greatest gains. The achievement gains in math since 1973 have been greater, reaching their highest level ever in 1999.

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