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Report: Test Scores Indicate Pandemic Severely Slowed Student Learning

DATE: January 10, 2022

Student learning was severely slowed by the pandemic as indicated through testing scores reflecting less progress made in the 2020-21 school year than in previous years, a report released Monday said.

Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative’s report collected data for K-8 students from assessments given twice a year. It also gathered data from the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress given at the end of the academic year to examine students’ knowledge of grade-level material.

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