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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an MCPS teacher (ESOL) who goes into classrooms in various grades. There is entirely too much screen usage—in addition to slides and educational videos on the smart board, the students do research on PebbleGo, do math and reading games that track data, and do testing on laptops.

However, it’s not an easy fix. Teachers are required to use the curriculum and stay on the pace set by the county, there’s very little room for creativity. They are required to do this testing, and if the students don’t know how to use the platforms properly then they won’t get scores that match their abilities.

It’s a systematic problem and yes, very disappointing.

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Thank you for sharing this. EdTech has been such a disaster for student learning.

[quote]On the national test, students’ reading scores were the worst in three decades, and math scores were the lowest since 2005.

The scores are at least partially explained by the pandemic and school closures. But they also reflect broader societal changes, including an increase in time spent in front of screens for both young people and adults. The decline was primarily driven by lower-scoring students, who have been losing ground for a decade.

The results have vast consequences for a generation of students, the U.S. economy and the country, which already ranks 28th in the world for math, behind Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and nearly every other major industrialized democracy.[/quote]
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/reading-math-scores-declines-impact.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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