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US faces ‘reading recession’ as school test scores continue to decline

While elementary schools in Modesto, California, celebrate consistent improvements in reading and math, a stark national picture reveals a deepening educational crisis. Teacher Nancy Barajas’s unique ...
CNN

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...
Los Angeles Times

The nation’s students are deep in a reading recession. Here’s how L.A. and California fit in

The nation’s students face a deepening reading crisis, with most states showing minimal progress in recent years, a new study shows. Los Angeles Unified, Compton and Modesto school districts have ...
The New York Times

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows. By Claire Cain Miller Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh Something troubling is happening in U.S.
The New York Times

Look Up Your School District’s Test Scores

American math and reading test scores have fallen in the last decade, according to data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Read more about why that’s happening.
Forbes

School Districts With Fast-Rising Test Scores Have 5 Things In Common

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Reading and math test scores in some school districts inched higher last year. As public ...
KQED

Students' Test Scores Began Declining Way Before COVID. These Schools Are Making Gains

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long “learning recession” that began years ...
EdSource

Amid national ‘reading recession,’ some California districts’ reading and math scores are on the rise

Students attending Compton Unified School District and Modesto City Schools are improving in reading faster than students in demographically similar districts amid what a team of researchers has ...
The Hechinger Report

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

This story was produced by the Associated Press, in partnership with Chalkbeat and AL.com, and reprinted with permission. MODESTO, Calif. – Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the ...