Episode 189: Government Tests Confirm Decline
Episode 189: Government Tests Confirm Decline -- Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 (but late)
(First let me mention this is the first deadline I missed in three years; my email provider stopped doing its job for two or three days.)
Main news: EducationNext.org reports that we have been mired in shrinking academic outcomes for more than a decade,. And everything.continues to get worse.
“We’ve always had an achievement gap. It was getting worse prior to the pandemic. Since 2019, it has exploded and we can’t tell yet if it’s done growing.”
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