Reading scores for young kids lag years after pandemic: Research

Mar 10, 2026 - 16:00
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Reading scores for young kids lag years after pandemic: Research
New research shows students who were not school age during the COVID-19 pandemic are struggling to catch up in reading despite avoiding the classroom disruptions older students experienced.  NWEA, a nonprofit education research group, released a report this week looking at current students in grades kindergarten through second, who were babies or in daycare during the pandemic.   Comparing spring 2017 to…