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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but scores are also down in math, not just reading. [b] In fact, the decline started in 2018, pre-pandemic.[/b]  So covid doesn't explain it completely, and neither does the lack of reading books (since math is also down, at about the same rate).

But the timing corresponds perfectly with the point at which most schools completed their redesigns of curriculum to cater to math and reading tests, as a result of NCLB (and later, Race to the Top).  It also corresponds to the rise of vouchers and charters, which were part of NCLB.  [/quote]

I noticed this, too! I'm in Charlotte and was looking at school performance, and every school I looked out, no matter how well it did on testing in in 2016-2017, saw a drop in 2017-2018. Some schools managed to improve a bit for 2018-2019, but by and large were still below where they were in 16-17.  I was wondering if it was a local thing, but apparently its nationwide.

Then, of course, the bottom just dropped out with Covid. 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 aren't public, and the results for 2021-2022 were, well, awful. Scores still haven't rebounded to where they were in 2018-2019, never mind 2016-2017. Even the best (aka, whitest and richest) elementary schools are still struggling to get back to those pre-pandemic but post-16-17 levels.[/quote]

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