The average reading test result fell five points.

阅读测试的平均成绩下降了5%。

Although the results mark a sharp drop since the pandemic, the study found that the average reading and math scores are still higher than the ones from the 1970s.

尽管这一结果标志着自新冠疫情爆发以来学生的阅读和数学平均成绩的大幅下降，但研究发现，现在他们的阅读和数学平均成绩高于20世纪70年代的水平。