Mississippi students have lost three-quarters of a school year in math instruction since the start of the pandemic, according to a new report released last week.
by Julia James, Mississippi Today November 3, 2022 The Education Recovery Scorecard, produced by researchers at Harvard and Stanford, looks at learning loss at the district level across the country using a combination of state and national test scores. Every state is required to administer annual standardized tests, but the results cannot be easily compared because they are not required to test for the same content or use the same grading scale.
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