School Closures Contributed to Largest Learning Loss in Decades

[LongJim]

"Last week, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released new data showing a dramatic decline in test scores among American 9-year-olds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data indicate a devastating learning loss among American schoolchildren, marking the largest decline in reading scores since 1990, and the first ever recorded drop in mathematics scores.

"These results are sobering," Peggy G. Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, told The Washington Post. "It's clear that covid-19 shocked American education and stunted the academic growth of this age group.""

Learning Loss

[El Paso Eagle]

My wife and daughter are both teachers and to say this pandemic and what happened in the schools hurt many children is an understatement.