"The extent of the decline seems to be driven by the lowest performing students losing more ground, a worrying trend that predates the pandemic."
"The TIMSS results echoed the 2022 findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, which saw major declines in math scores among both fourth and eighth graders. American students’ scores actually started to decline before the pandemic for reasons that are not entirely clear."
"This gap between high- and low-performing students started to widen before the pandemic for reasons that are unclear. Since then, other research into post-pandemic academic performance has found widening gaps across race and income, even as many middle and higher income students are doing well."
Hacker News commenter:
"The article seems to be pushing a Covid-causation narrative without any evidence."
"The extent of the decline seems to be driven by the lowest performing students losing more ground, a worrying trend that predates the pandemic."
"The TIMSS results echoed the 2022 findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, which saw major declines in math scores among both fourth and eighth graders. American students’ scores actually started to decline before the pandemic for reasons that are not entirely clear."
"This gap between high- and low-performing students started to widen before the pandemic for reasons that are unclear. Since then, other research into post-pandemic academic performance has found widening gaps across race and income, even as many middle and higher income students are doing well."
Hacker News commenter:
"The article seems to be pushing a Covid-causation narrative without any evidence."