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Episode: Test scores show American students slipping further behind despite recovery efforts
Description: Students across the U.S. fell further behind academically last school year despite extensive efforts to help them recover from pandemic learning setbacks, according to an analysis of test scores.
The study by the research organization Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), which also administers assessments in K-12 schools, lands as the 2024 deadline approaches quickly for schools to spend the last of the $190 billion in federal pandemic relief money.
βThere are ways schools can take better advantage of their limited resources and time to boost learning,β said Chase Nordengren, the group's lead researcher for instructional strategies. He said schools could group students base...