Education Decline A Major ¡®Wake-Up Call¡¯

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There¡¯s growing concern about the pandemic¡¯s 1impact on America¡¯s children as parents and educators pore over the latest results from The Nation¡¯s Report Card.

¡°We 2are on the cusp of losing a generation of our children.¡±

The findings are based on the National Assessement of Educational Progress reading and math exams which 3are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education. The report looked specifically at fourth and eighth grade students and was the first since 2019.

¡°So much of this is 4socioeconomic, some 5district 6fared much better than others and unfortunately due to 7zip code is where you saw kids kind of 8get lost in the fray.¡±

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More than 50 states and 9jurisdictions took part in the 10assessment showing the largest decline in math scores since the initial trial in 1990, according to the center¡¯s commissioner. In fact, no state or large urban district showed improvements in math with some decline also showing up in reading scores.

¡°If this is not a 11wake-up call for us to 12double down efforts and improve education, even before it was... before the pandemic, then I don¡¯t know what will.¡±

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona believes the results are partly a symptom of decades of 13underinvestment but says part of the solution is to provide better 14compensation for teachers.

¡°Let¡¯s start honoring the profession, making sure we¡¯re paying our professionals a 15competitive salary and we are not gonna deal with 16shortages.¡±