> almost assuredly pandemic related
But even in your link, you can see the plateau and subsequent decline prior to COVID.
The pandemic just exacerbated an already existing problem.
But even in your link, you can see the plateau and subsequent decline prior to COVID.
The pandemic just exacerbated an already existing problem.
With NCLB test scores became very important. With Every Child Succeeds they became less so. The difference could simply be how much incentive is there to game the scores.
So once again, the pandemic was only an amplifier of problems that already existed.