The latest test scores underscore the dire need for academic recovery for students — and schools are racing against the clock to combat the daunting task.
“What school districts are doing now is the equivalent of just shooting bottle rockets at the moon,” said Thomas Kane, a Harvard economist who has done extensive research on the pandemic achievement loss.
Test scores released last month, known as the Nation’s Report Card, showed the largest math declines on record for fourth- and eighth-graders.
