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Reading, math scores for 9-year-olds plummeted after pandemic

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There are growing concerns for parents sending their children back to school after a new study showed that the pandemic had a major impact on students reading and math skills.

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  1. New York Times

    The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable.

  2. KIII Corpus Christi

    'Sobering picture' of pandemic education: Reading, math scores drop sharply (opens KIII Corpus Christi)

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    In math, the average score for 9-year-old students fell 7 percentage points between 2020 and 2022, according to the study. The average reading score fell 5 points.

  3. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    A new national study finds math and reading scores for America's 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of two years of learning disruptions. Reading scores saw

  4. Foxla

    Reading, math scores for 9-year-old students fell sharply during pandemic, data show (opens Foxla)

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    The declines hit all regions of the U.S. and affected students of most races. But students of color saw some of the steepest decreases, according to the federal study.

  5. CBS News

    "Sobering" early glimpse at pandemic's effects on young students: 9 year olds' reading and math scores fell sharply (opens CBS News)

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    A federal study shows reading and math scores falling sharply for 9 year olds during the pandemic.

  6. NBC Los Angeles

    Reading, Math Scores For 9-Year-Olds Fell Sharply During Pandemic (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    A new national study finds math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of two years of learning disruptions.

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Reading and math scores nationwide fell sharply during pandemic, data show (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The tumbling math and reading scores for 9-year-old students in the U.S. underscore the impact of two years of pandemic-caused learning disruptions.

  8. KVUE

    Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, federal study finds (opens KVUE)

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    In math, the average score for 9-year-old students fell 7 percentage points between 2020 and 2022, according to the study. The average reading score fell 5 points.

  9. KYMA Yuma

    Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of American education two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began.

  10. NPR

    Reading and math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show (opens NPR)

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    The findings offer an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children during the first two years of the pandemic.

  11. Forbes

    National Study Shows Sharp Decline In Math And Reading Scores During Pandemic (opens Forbes)

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    The National Assessment of Educational Progress has released their first major report since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, assessing long-term trends in reading and math for a sample set of 14,800 9-year-old students from the winter of 2020 through the winter of 2022.

  12. The Washington Free Beacon

    Math and Reading Scores Plummeted for Students During Pandemic (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Nine-year-old students' reading and math scores have dropped dramatically over the last two years, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education.

  13. Forbes

    Pandemic Set Students’ Reading Levels Back Two Decades—Here’s Where It Dropped The Most (opens Forbes)

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    The biggest declines in math and reading scores were recorded among students in the Northeast and Midwest, as well as low-performing students, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress report.

  14. Fox News

    Students' math, reading scores during COVID-19 pandemic saw steepest decline in decades: Education Department (opens Fox News)

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    Students' reading and math abilities plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic.

  15. Chalk Beat

    20 years of progress gone: Pandemic contributes to big math and reading declines (opens Chalk Beat)

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    Nine-year-olds across the country saw historic drops in math and reading scores on a key national test.

  16. Fox News

    Pandemic data shows 9-year-old math and reading scores plummeted, Twitter reacts: 'Absolutely devastating' (opens Fox News)

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    Conservatives, politicians, media personalities and more blamed Democrats and teachers unions for the "devastating" pandemic data release showing learning loss.

  17. The Guardian

    Test scores fell dramatically during pandemic for US nine-year-olds (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Federal study on math and reading scores offers an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks

  18. Hot Air

    Study: National test scores plunged during the pandemic (opens Hot Air)

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    Test scores in elementary school math and reading plummeted to levels unseen for decades, according to the first nationally representative report comparing student achievement from just before the pan...

  19. Tucson

    Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, national study shows (opens Tucson)

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    A new national study finds math and reading scores for America's 9-year-olds fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of learning disruptions.

  20. FOX 5 New York

    Reading, math scores for 9-year-olds plummeted after pandemic (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    There are growing concerns for parents sending their children back to school after a new study showed that the pandemic had a major impact on students reading and math skills.

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