In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump
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In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump
"When it comes to reading, the nation's third- through eighth-graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump, according to new testing data. In math, the news is only a little more heartening: Student achievement in those grades either held steady or improved slightly, though all grades remain behind performance levels of same-grade students in 2019. The data comes from NWEA, a K-12 testing and research organization,"
"its Spring 2025 MAP Growth assessment, a suite of tests taken by millions of students in thousands of U.S. schools. "Math is crawling back, however modestly, but reading isn't budging," says Karyn Lewis, vice president of research at NWEA. "I know people want this chapter to be over, but these data remind us it isn't. Looking away won't make the problem disappear; it means accepting these outcomes are permanent. That is not an option.""
"There's little good news in the spring 2025 reading scores. They show slight gains made across grade levels in 2022 have been erased, with students across grade levels mostly performing at or even below pandemic-era achievement lows. In short, students from third- through eighth grade are still performing worse than students in the same grades in 2019. This "stagnation is consistent regardless of race/ethnicity or school poverty level," NWEA said in a press release."
NWEA's Spring 2025 MAP Growth assessment finds third- through eighth-grade reading scores remain at or below pandemic-era lows and continue to lag 2019 performance. Slight reading gains from 2022 have been erased, with stagnation evident across race/ethnicity and school poverty levels. Math shows modest improvement: several grades made small gains versus 2024 and most grades have shown slow, steady progress since 2021, with gains appearing across student groups. All tested grades still trail same-grade students in 2019. NWEA is unveiling a public performance dashboard to help compare local results with a representative national sample.
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