00:00According to the country's latest report card, reading levels are at their lowest average
00:04since 1992, and nearly 40% of 8th graders are failing to comprehend basic math skills.
00:11So what's to blame and who has been affected the most?
00:13Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:15The National Assessment of Educational Progress tested hundreds of thousands of 4th and 8th
00:21graders across the country for the first time since the start of the pandemic, and the results
00:25showed the largest decrease ever in math scores and reading score averages at 1992 levels.
00:32These findings indicate that COVID-19 severely affected education across the country, with
00:37minority children suffering the most as the racial inequality gap continues to widen.
00:42And although scores were stalling in 2019 prior to the pandemic, school districts like
00:47Baltimore and Cleveland saw sharp and massive declines.
00:51Report surveys showed that better access to computers, quiet places to work, and extra
00:56help from their teachers led to higher-scoring students.
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