US 4th, 8th grade math scores post significant decline for first time since 1990

Re:US 4th, 8th grade math scores post significant decline fo... by inglor on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:47AM (#33313971)

Or... you know, we go with the data.

The data shows improvement until 2019 and then a decline in 2020/2021 coinciding with COVID, lockdowns and inability to attend schools physically.

The global pandemic seems like a much better explanation to the data the article is showing.

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Re:US 4th, 8th grade math scores post significant decline fo... by moffkalast on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:13AM (#33314418)

You're saying it's the two years when kids almost entirely paused schooling to any notable degree because they had no local oversight, and not the participatory trophy nonsense that boomers have been complaining about for the past 20 years despite them being the ones that made it a thing in the first place?

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

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