Mathematics scores for 15-year-old Americans have dropped from 2009 to 2022, according to the Program For International Student Assessment. President-elect Donald Trump is planning an education overhaul including eliminating the Department of Education and sending education “back to the states.” Concerns rose over the impact Common Core, which was a federalized standards system rolled out during the Obama administration, was having on 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade math scores that dropped after the system’s implementation. Trump plans to do away with Common Core.