Data show that students are now more academically different than their pre-pandemic peers--and an alarming learning gap has emerged. achievement gap

Research points to a widening academic divide


Data show that students are now more academically different than their pre-pandemic peers

Math and reading scores demonstrate more variability post-COVID, primarily due to a larger gap between low and high academic achievers, according to NWEA, a nonprofit research and educational services organization serving K-12 students.

NWEA has released new research findings that examine to what degree students' reading and math test scores have become more variable during the pandemic, and how achievement gains across the pandemic compare to pre-pandemic trends for students who were low- or high-achieving before the pandemic started.

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