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And 9 percentile points in math among 3rd graders. clearly there's been a real decline because of covid when you compare 2021 to 2019 which was obviously a much more normal school year. >> i assume there's an income element behind the numbers. >> absolutely an income element. if you look at the low poverty areas versus high poverty areas, median student, math third grade, in the low poverty areas it's down but just 6 percentile points, and the high, 17 percentile when you compare the 2021 to 2019. obviously 2019 was before covid, and here's the reason why it's down so much in lower income area...

One particular study looked at third to 8th graders, they said we're going to take a look at their achievement assessment, and look at this, in math down 10 percent tile points, in reading, down 5 percentile points, and it's the hardest hit among minorities and the youngest minorities. look at 3rd graders on math. among hispanics, down 17 percentiles, among blacks, down 15 percentile points, among whites and asians, they're not down nearly as much, but still 9 and 9 percentile points in math among 3rd graders. clearly there's been a real decline because of covid when you compare 2021 to 2019 w...