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from Curriculum Associates, students who began school during the pandemic are consistently behind in math and reading, while older students show signs of recovery in reading but not math. The study compared three years of reading and math results from students who were between the ages of 3 and 9 in 2021 and compared them to historical trends.
Researchers compared the academic growth patterns of students starting kindergarten through fourth grade in 2021, tracking through 2024, to those starting the same grade levels in 2016 and tracking through 2019.for more money as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds are set to expire this year, but the nearly $200 billion pumped into schools during the pandemic only showed modest academic recovery.
While the oldest group tested, who were in fourth grade in 2021, shows signs of accelerated growth in recovery, having started far behind historical trends their first year back from the pandemic, kindergarteners are falling further behind the trend, while first graders are maintaining an upward trajectory but not making up for lost time.
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