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Learning setbacks coming into focus with new testing results
The scores from the first U.S. standardized tests taken during the pandemic are offering an early glimpse of just how far students have fallen behind, with some states reporting that the turbulent year has reversed years of academic progress.
by Associated Press
Jun. 29 2021 @ 9:04pm
Fifth-grade teacher Amanda Cardona talks with 9-year-old Ray Urias about an assignment, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in her classroom at St. John s Episcopal School in Odessa Texas. As the nation closes out a school year marred by the pandemic, some states are now starting to release new standardized test scores that offer an early glimpse at just how far students have fallen behind with some states reporting that the turbulent year has reversed years of progress across every academic subject. (Ben Powell/Odessa American via AP)