Math, Reading Scores Plummeted to Lowest
Level in Decades during School Shutdowns
Posted By: Frederic F. Frew, 9/1/2022 10:06:36 AM
Elementary school students’ math and reading scores plummeted to the lowest level in decades amid the school shutdowns implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, national test results released Thursday show.
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The lockdowns, especially by the fall of 2020, are solely the responsibility of Fauci, the Democrats, the media and the teachers unions. The drop in scores is all the more remarkable when you consider that these tests have been consistently dumbed down since the 1970s so they could show "progress."