America’s schools keep flunking
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America’s schools keep flunking

Live Mint  

Talk about throwing good money after bad. The sliver of good news is that fourth-grade math scores increased by two points since 2022, but this doesn’t make up for the five-point drop between 2019 and 2022. Test scores for students scoring at the 75th and 90th percentiles in reading have marginally improved since 1992, but they’ve declined for students at the 10th and 25th percentiles. On average, public school districts nationwide spent $15,825 per student in fiscal 2023 compared to $10,724 a decade earlier, according to the Census Bureau. Union boss Randi Weingarten on Wednesday claimed the “stagnant" NAEP scores show the need for “expanding community schools to provide wraparound services"—e.g., social and healthcare services—and “securing investments for smaller class sizes, good ventilation and the tools and technology for 21st-century learning."

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ASER 2024 shows massive improvement in basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills in primary school children: Detailed report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ASER 2024 shows massive improvement in basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills in primary school children: Detailed report

Op India  

School education in rural India is witnessing a quiet but profound recovery from the Covid pandemic’s losses. States with more than a 10 percentage point increase in this proportion between 2022 and 2024 in government schools include Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, and Maharashtra,” the report states. Coming to the state-wise percentage of children aged 6-14 enrolled …

American kids are behind in reading and math, these schools are defying the odds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

American kids are behind in reading and math, these schools are defying the odds

Hindustan Times  

Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that's changing. Since the pandemic first shuttered American classrooms, schools have poured federal and local relief money into interventions like the ones in Harmoni's classroom, hoping to help students catch up academically following COVID-19 disruptions. “Not only are districts serving more Black and Hispanic students falling further behind, but …

America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend
1 month, 2 weeks ago

America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend

Associated Press  

COMPTON, Calif. — Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. Since the pandemic first shuttered American classrooms, schools have poured federal and local relief money into interventions like the ones in Harmoni’s classroom, hoping to help students catch up academically following COVID-19 disruptions. “Not only are districts serving more Black and Hispanic students falling …

A deep dive on U.S. reading and math scores, and what to do about them
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A deep dive on U.S. reading and math scores, and what to do about them

NPR  

A deep dive on U.S. reading and math scores, and what to do about them toggle caption Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images U.S. students were still nearly half a grade level behind in both math and reading in the spring of 2024, compared with achievement levels before the pandemic. But if that report card provided a grainy Polaroid of what's happening in …

Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than) alright
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than) alright

Hindustan Times  

There’s a lot to be happy, and hopeful, about the latest ASER or Annual Status of Education Report that has since 2005 measured Indian schoolchildren’s ability in reading, writing and arithmetic. The nationwide household survey of 649,491 children in 15,728 schools in 605 districts across 29 states finds that children are not just back to pre-pandemic levels of learning, but …

National exam results: US students struggle with reading and math post-pandemic
1 month, 4 weeks ago

National exam results: US students struggle with reading and math post-pandemic

The Hindu  

America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation’s report card. “We are not seeing the progress we need to regain the ground our students lost during the pandemic.” Among the few bright …

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
1 month, 4 weeks ago

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation’s report card. Growing numbers of students lack basic reading skills The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged from 2022, …

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
1 month, 4 weeks ago

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are not seeing the progress we need to …

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card

NPR  

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card toggle caption Newsday LLC/Getty Images Almost five years have passed since COVID-19 first disrupted America's schools, and new data, known as the Nation's Report Card, offers cause for hope — and concern. That said, fourth-grade math scores still remained below pre-pandemic 2019 levels, with one exception: Alabama …

Low math and English scores mark the nation’s report card, California and L.A. included
2 months ago

Low math and English scores mark the nation’s report card, California and L.A. included

LA Times  

Fourth-graders work in their classroom at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena in 2023. Across the nation, “student achievement has not returned to pre-pandemic performance,” said Peggy G. Carr, commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics. Though the tests don’t correlate directly with California’s learning standards, the NAEP scores provide a rare opportunity to compare student progress across school districts …

Stop focusing on exam results, Education Secretary tells schools
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Stop focusing on exam results, Education Secretary tells schools

The Telegraph  

The latest Programme for International Student Assessment results showed reading and maths skills among 15-year-olds in England have increased dramatically in recent years. Labour is yet to spell out its plans for tackling dwindling pupil attendance levels, but insists wider pledges including free breakfast clubs for primary schools will help encourage children back to school. The study, which will report …

Oklahoma school officials revolt over MAGA superintendent's new Bible mandate
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Oklahoma school officials revolt over MAGA superintendent's new Bible mandate

Raw Story  

Several district school superintendents in Oklahoma are revolting over State Superintendent Ryan Walters's mandate to teach the Bible in public schools. Local news station KGOU reports that dozens of superintendents are blowing off a Walters directive announced this past summer that "all Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible, which includes the Ten Commandments, as an instructional support into …

Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic, with declines in test scores so widespread that the United States climbed in global rankings simply by falling behind less sharply, a new study finds. A national study in the U.S. last year found math scores fell by more than ever, with reading …

Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Students around the world suffered …

One in three school students not meeting numeracy and literacy expectations, NAPLAN results show
1 year, 7 months ago

One in three school students not meeting numeracy and literacy expectations, NAPLAN results show

ABC  

One in three school students throughout Australia are not meeting minimum numeracy and literacy expectations, and one in ten are so far behind they need additional support, new NAPLAN data shows. Key points: The 2023 NAPLAN results are the first assessed under a new, tougher set of criteria Ten per cent of students have been assessed as needing additional numeracy …

Drop in primary pupils meeting ‘expected standard’ in Sats reading exam
1 year, 8 months ago

Drop in primary pupils meeting ‘expected standard’ in Sats reading exam

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The proportion of primary school pupils who met the expected …

Math and reading scores for American 13-year-olds plunge to lowest levels in decades
1 year, 9 months ago

Math and reading scores for American 13-year-olds plunge to lowest levels in decades

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a federal test known as the nation’s report card. Students from almost every race and ethnicity saw math scores slide, but the steepest drops were among American Indian students, …

Math scores plunge for America’s 13-year-olds as pandemic setbacks persist
1 year, 9 months ago

Math scores plunge for America’s 13-year-olds as pandemic setbacks persist

LA Times  

Students work in the library during homeroom at D.H.H. Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a test known as the nation’s report card. Similar setbacks were reported last year when NAEP released broader results showing the pandemic’s …

ASER 2022 finds sharp drop in children’s reading ability
2 years, 2 months ago

ASER 2022 finds sharp drop in children’s reading ability

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The basic ability of young children to read text dropped to the lowest level since 2012, and for them to complete arithmetic problems to levels last seen in 2014, the latest Annual State of Education Report has found, detailing for the first time how the Covid-19 pandemic affected learning among schoolchildren. “Nationally, children’s basic reading ability has dropped …

Annual Status of Education Report 2022 flags widening learning gaps
2 years, 2 months ago

Annual Status of Education Report 2022 flags widening learning gaps

The Hindu  

As schools reopened after nearly two years of closure due to COVID-19, student enrolments increased to more than pre-pandemic levels but the learning gap widened for foundational skills in reading and arithmetic, reversing several years of improvement, finds the Annual Status of Education Report 2022, released by the NGO Pratham on Wednesday. The percentage of children in Class 3 in …

Re-imagine schooling to check learning loss
2 years, 2 months ago

Re-imagine schooling to check learning loss

Hindustan Times  

That the pandemic wreaked havoc on basic education was well known since the first few months of school closure, bolstered by reports and anecdotes. This was visible in most states and across genders; children’s basic arithmetic levels declined over 2018 levels for most grades. The non-governmental report resumed its physical nationwide survey after a gap of four years, reaching 19,060 …

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids
2 years, 5 months ago

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids

Associated Press  

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives. The local school district this year set aside an hour every day for intervention, when struggling students can receive small-group tutoring, said Memphis-Shelby County Public …

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids across the country, data show
2 years, 5 months ago

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids across the country, data show

LA Times  

Alberto Carvalho, observes students in Canoga Park as they work at tables in their classrooms. In Los Angeles Unified — the nation’s second largest school district — the loss in math translates to about half a year in learning. “What many districts are doing now is effectively shooting bottle rockets at the moon, launching small-scale interventions, which are directionally correct, …

Editorial: Learning loss is bad everywhere, and demands immediate action
2 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: Learning loss is bad everywhere, and demands immediate action

LA Times  

It’s no surprise that educational achievement suffered after two chaotic years of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the average score in 2022 for students at Los Angeles Unified schools who are eligible for the free lunch program was 35 points lower than students who didn’t qualify for that program. Opinion L.A. Times electoral endorsements for November 2022 …

Column: Those math and reading scores were horrible, but beware of the political spin
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Those math and reading scores were horrible, but beware of the political spin

LA Times  

Students are welcomed back to a public school reopened after the pandemic. There’s nothing good to say about the newly-released national test scores in reading and math for fourth- and eighth-graders, showing sizable declines in the vast majority of states as a result of the pandemic. — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on the NAEP national report card But there’s another …

Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
2 years, 5 months ago

Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children, sparing no state or region as it erased decades of academic progress and widened racial disparities, according to results of a national test that provide the sharpest look yet at the scale of the crisis. Those are the findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress — known …

'Nation's Report Card' Shows Decline in Reading Scores, Record Decline In Math
2 years, 5 months ago

'Nation's Report Card' Shows Decline in Reading Scores, Record Decline In Math

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Students across the U.S. have fallen behind in both math and reading in the past three years, illuminating the drastic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams released Monday. In the past three years, math scores showed the steepest declines ever reported by NAEP since its initial trial …

Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds
2 years, 5 months ago

Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds

NPR  

Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Ron Harris/AP Ron Harris/AP Math and reading scores for students across the country are down following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic. On Monday, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card, released a full report …

Test scores across U.S. reveal ‘heartbreaking’ pandemic declines, with math hit hard
2 years, 5 months ago

Test scores across U.S. reveal ‘heartbreaking’ pandemic declines, with math hit hard

LA Times  

Eighth-grade students at Wilson Middle School in San Diego sit at a classroom table. National test scores show that eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation, including California, saw drops in average math scores since the pandemic. Eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation and fourth-graders in a large majority of states, including California, saw significant drops in …

What Parents Should Know About The Drop In Kids’ Test Scores During The Pandemic
2 years, 6 months ago

What Parents Should Know About The Drop In Kids’ Test Scores During The Pandemic

Huff Post  

FG Trade via Getty Images If you’re one of the many parents who had to try and keep track of links, passwords, headphones and chargers during those early days of online learning, you could probably tell the experiment wasn’t going to go well. This is the largest drop in reading scores on the NAEP since 1990, and it’s the first …

Reading And Math Scores Fell Sharply During The Pandemic, Data Shows
2 years, 6 months ago

Reading And Math Scores Fell Sharply During The Pandemic, Data Shows

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation’s children. Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the U.S. fell dramatically during the first …

Worst national reading and math scores in decades show large pandemic-fueled equity gaps
2 years, 6 months ago

Worst national reading and math scores in decades show large pandemic-fueled equity gaps

LA Times  

Students at Marlton School in Los Angeles walk with L.A. Unified Supt. Alberto Carvalho said he has reviewed unreleased state tests scores in the nation’s second-largest school district that “show devastating loss in terms of student achievement levels, particularly in reading and mathematics.” Average math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests fell 7 points to 234 on …

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show
2 years, 6 months ago

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation’s children. Reading scores saw their largest decrease in 30 years, while math scores had their first decrease in …

A-level results: Grades down on last two years but higher than pre-pandemic levels
2 years, 7 months ago

A-level results: Grades down on last two years but higher than pre-pandemic levels

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But it has risen from the …

New Test Scores Show U.S. Students Continue to Trail Global Peers in Reading and Math
5 years, 3 months ago

New Test Scores Show U.S. Students Continue to Trail Global Peers in Reading and Math

Slate  

Global test results released Tuesday evaluating 15-year-olds’ academic performance in reading, math, and science again showed American students lagging behind their counterparts in Europe and East Asia, raising difficult questions on how best to deploy the country’s educational resources. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, exam results comparing 600,000 students across 79 countries placed the U.S. about average …

American students’ performance lags on Nation’s Report Card
5 years, 4 months ago

American students’ performance lags on Nation’s Report Card

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The latest Nation’s Report Card is painting a dismal picture of math and reading achievement among American fourth and eighth graders despite a few bright spots. Students in the nation’s capital, which faced multiple scandals in its public school system last year, made significant gains in both reading and math this year, according to the National Assessment of …

Australian schools are in 'absolute decline' globally, says PISA report
8 years, 3 months ago

Australian schools are in 'absolute decline' globally, says PISA report

ABC  

A global report on educational performance shows Australian 15-year-olds are getting worse at maths, science and reading. Dr Sue Thompson from the Australian Council for Education Research collected the Australian data and said local academic performance was in "absolute decline". Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham said the country could not afford to "continue to slip behind". "This is not surprising," …

Study Delivers Failing Grades For Many Programs Training Teachers
10 years, 9 months ago

Study Delivers Failing Grades For Many Programs Training Teachers

NPR  

Study Delivers Failing Grades For Many Programs Training Teachers Enlarge this image toggle caption iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com The nation's teacher-preparation programs have plenty of room for improvement, according to a new report. The NCTQ argues that not only are these programs failing to train effective teachers, they're also making things harder for themselves by admitting inferior applicants. We asked Kate Walsh, …

Hamish McRae: The real worry is how have we fallen so far behind the rest of the world
12 years, 7 months ago

Hamish McRae: The real worry is how have we fallen so far behind the rest of the world

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Well, for anyone who thinks that …

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