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NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

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The assessment, NAEP, represents a clear, quantifiable window into the impact of the pandemic’s disruption on student performance, its administrators say. In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. In 2022, post-pandemic, that number has climbed to 38 percent.

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It’s Go Time for 2022-23: Superintendents Want to Keep Moving Forward

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During the edLeader Panel, “ Leading Learning in the 2022-2023 School Year: Ready, Set, Go ,” superintendents discussed how they’re preparing for the upcoming year, the main challenges they’re facing, and what they’re doing to move their staff and students forward with optimism and excitement. Key Challenges for 2022-23.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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In May, Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, called for increased child care solutions at Child Care Aware of America’s 2022 Symposium in Arlington, Virginia. Business leader associations and advocacy groups are also pushing for child care solutions.

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HMH to Acquire NWEA

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Upon closing, NWEA will operate as a division of HMH, with its current offerings, including its flagship assessment—MAP Growth—remaining under the NWEA brand. NWEA assessment solutions will be integrated with HMH curriculum on HMH’s platform to create a combined offering that links interim assessment to instruction.

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New Partnership Provides Texas Educators Easy Access to Critical Data

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June 7, 2022 — NWEA — the not-for-profit, research and educational services provider serving K-12 students — in collaboration with the Region 7 Education Service Center (ESC 7) announced today a new partnership to better serve districts. MAP Growth (an interim assessment. Portland, Ore.,

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Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

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The value of the human potential unlocked by early education and social and emotional interventions is more difficult to assess: it is arguably limitless. While legislative discussions have recently stalled , advocacy efforts continue to mobilize toward an ambitious policy package that would impact millions of little learners and families.

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Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

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Middle and high school The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress found that 30 percent of both eighth- and 12th-graders were unable to meet basic reading standards such as determining the meaning of familiar words or identifying explicit details from a text. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

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