How can schools dig out of a generation's worth of lost math progress?
Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis.
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Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis.
On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school.One by one, they raced to a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/the-math-problem-kids-are-still-behind-how-can-schools-catch-them-up/">Read More</a>
Across the country, schools are scrambling to catch up students in math as post-pandemic test scores reveal the depth of missing skills.
While test scores have revealed that students across the country are still struggling to catch up in multiple subjects post-pandemic, math declines have been particularly striking.
On average, education analysts say students’ math knowledge is about half a school year behind where it should be.