COVID-19's Cataclysmic Impact on K Through 12 Education

New federal data reveal Wednesday's publication of scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Average 13 year olds understanding of math plummeting back to levels last seen in the 1990s. Struggling readers scored lower than they did in 1971 when test was first administered. gaps in performance between children of different backgrounds already huge during Bush and Obama have stretched to still greater magnitudes as usual.