Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others

On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:03:20 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

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Late follow up, but this is in the morning news today:
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https://nypost.com/2025/01/29/opinion/american-education-
facing-an- undeclared-emergency-with-some-scores-
reaching-30-year-lows/

 
Right wing opinion duly noted.
 
How about some facts?
 
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-01-29/massachusetts-
student-test-scores-take-top-spot
 
 

Yes, States vary. Yes methodology is all over the place. Yes
adjacent school districts can show dramatic differences in
efficacy.
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Still and all:
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https://www.future-ed.org/the-new-naep-scores-highlight-a-standards-gap-in-many-states/
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See especially States' individual results chart.

Kinda looks like there were drops in scrores everywhere.

(Jan 22, 2025)
"COVID-19, school closures, and student learning outcomes. New global
evidence from PISA"
<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11754741/>
<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11754741/pdf/41539_2025_Article_297.pdf>
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-025-00297-3>  (easier to read)

"The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant disruption in schooling
worldwide."

"Mathematics scores declined an average of 14 percent of a standard
deviation, roughly equal to seven months of learning. Losses are
greater for students in schools that faced relatively longer closures,
for boys, immigrants, and disadvantaged students."

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