Precipitous drops in the math and reading standardized scores of U.S. 9-year-olds during two years of pandemic schooling have set off a new round of recrimination over remote learning, a persistently contentious issue that could motivate voters in the November midterm elections.
and coronavirus vaccine at the same time so i hope that that s the message that will come through, that these are both contagious illnesses to which there are vaccines available that will help to reduce your likelihood of severe illness, and so get both the coronavirus vaccine and the flu vaccine, especially coming into what could be a bad flu season this year. dr. leapa wen, always great see you. thank you. thank you, erica. there is added concern this morning about the impact of the pandemic when it comes to education. recently released national test results showed the 2022 test scores for 9-year-olds fell an alarming five points in reading and search points in math. that s compared to early 2020 before lockdowns began, of course, before school went remote in the u.s. why is that a big deal? well, it s also the largest drop in 30 years. peggy carr is commissioner of the national center for education statistics and joins us now. i have to said headline alone when i saw this was
succinct, megan hayes, alice stewart, thank you so much for your time. assessing the pandemic learning gap. up next, the head of the national center for education statistics joins us to talk about one of the largest learning declines on record. yout an investor you re an owner. we got this, babe. that means that your dreams are ours too. and our financial planning tools can help you reachch the. that s s the value of ownershi.
here to discuss this further is peggy carr, commissioner of the national center for education statistics. good morning to you, peggy. this is extremely worrying, just to hear as a parent, but can you put these numbers in context for us? simply speaking, 7-point drop, 5-point drop doesn t sound that dramatic. well, good morning, and thank you for having me. these results are okay. unfortunately, you know, that s live tv, and her picture has frozen for a moment. we ll try to get peggy carr back. and in the meantime, we re going to talk about something related to this issue with children and as a school as a new school year gets under way, educators are ringing the alarm over the nation teacher wide shortage. subpar pay, political pressure and overwhelming workloads have pushed teachers out and left