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NAEP

Strong Link in Big City Districts’ 4th-Grade Math Scores to School Closures

Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math

Kevin Mahnken
Assessment

New Testing Data: Fewer Students in Early Grades Developing Basic Phonics Skills

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

Kevin Mahnken
The 74 Interview

Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
The Big Picture

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

How the CDC Botched Revising Its Mask Guidance for Preschoolers

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Learning Loss Magnified in Remote Districts, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

CDC: Students Wearing Masks No Longer Need Quarantine, Even if ‘Close Contact’

Asher Lehrer-Small
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