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What the New, Low Test Scores for 13-Year-Olds Say About U.S. Education Now (www.nytimes.com)
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The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Performance has fallen significantly since the 2019-2020 school year, when the coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on the nation’s education system. But the downward trends reported today began years before the health crisis, raising questions about a decade of disappointing results for American students.

For anyone too eager to simply blame the pandemic. This trend was already happening, which means that we can't simply expect things to improve now that school life is back to normal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This down trend is happening on purpose.

The powers that be want, and probably need, a steady supply of workers willing to work for pay that basically equates to nothing.