National Test Scores Dropped To Lowest In Decades Due To Pandemic

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel· Updated September 2, 2022

Math and reading test scores for elementary school students nationwide fell significantly between 2020 and 2022, a sobering indication of the pandemic’s effects. 

The declines undo decades of academic advancement. A national test saw math scores drop for the first time since the test’s inception in the early 1970s, and reading scores fell more sharply in just two years than they had in more than

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