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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just reading Freddie DeBoer on test scores and it turns out (I had no idea until I read this) that around 2008-2012 was the peak of test scores for developed nations [i]globally[/i] (in general, obviously there are specific outliers/trend-buckers) and developed countries have been going down since then.

So whatever's happening can't be all that political or even Covid, because it predates Covid and it crosses national borders.

But it could still be tech ;).[/quote]

Scores started declining around 2015, which is right around when tech was widely rolled out. It's tech.[/quote]

It is tech, but not school tech.  It is social media and attention spans.  It is parents that have given up fighting their kids about devices.[/quote]

It is partly both - but FCPS in-school tech use is excessive, particularly in ES, and parents who minimize / eliminate tech at home have NO way to opt-out their kids from the mandatory in-school tech.

We know an FCPS middle elementary math teacher from church. She complains that the cliff for math scores dropping precipitously was when FCPS eliminated her printed math textbooks and went electronic.

With printed math textbooks, nearly all kids would follow along as she taught (no electronic distractions in those days). With electronic textbooks, there are so many tech distractions that very few pay attention when she teaches. Not using the electronic texts is not an option for her. Some edict from Gatehouse staffers requires use of electronic crap in class -- and this is enforced by many FCPS ES principals.

FCPS needs to cut the electronic crap out and go back to using printed textbooks, at least for the elementary schools. Argh. 
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