Earlier this summer, the curriculum and assessment company Amplify reported that 70% of kindergartners and first graders were on track to learn to read. According to data collected from a test called DIBELS,

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High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well.

Eighth grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress.

The first NAEP science test to be administered since the pandemic saw the return of a gender gap that had nearly closed. But one student group did better than expected.