"Kane marvels at the substantial gains in test scores in the 1990s and early 2000s — which went largely unremarked upon at the time. If anything, the prevailing narrative was that nothing in education was working".
Blue Eyed Grass
New: Under-the-radar tidbits from the big new study on U.S. test scores:
—High- + low-poverty districts have fared the best of late
—Results would probably be worse absent federal Covid aid
—Low attendance is dragging down results, but only a bit
And more...
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/05/21/t...
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The Harvard researcher points to the rise of social media and the decline of test-based accountability. Neither hypothesis has been proven, however.
