After Campus Closures, More Students Began School Year Below Grade Level

THE Journal: An analysis of early assessment data found that between a quarter and a third of students began the 2020-2021 school year unprepared for on-grade level instruction in reading and math (28 percent and 29 percent, respectively). And compared with the historical average of the previous three school years, more students began the latest school year behind grade level, especially in math. Yet, in reading, students were doing better in fall 2020 than the previous average in certain grade levels, including those from Black, Indigenous and People of color (BIPOC) and lower-income families.

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