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WASHINGTON \u2014 American students were already struggling academically years before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted classrooms, and many middle-income school districts are still lagging behind in recovery, according to a newfrom researchers at Harvard University, Stanford University and Dartmouth College.<\/p>\n

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The 2025 Education Scorecard found the nation entered a \u201clearning recession\u201d around 2013, when gains in math and reading stalled and student achievement began declining.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Researchers say reading scores had already been falling before the pandemic, with losses between 2017 and 2019 matching the pace of declines seen during the pandemic years. Eighth-grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress are now at their lowest levels since 1990, the report said. Meanwhile, fourth grade reading scores have fallen to pre-2003 levels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The report analyzed test scores from roughly 35 million students in grades 3 through 8 between 2022 and 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cThe pandemic was the mudslide that followed seven years of erosion in student achievement,\u201d Tom Kane, faculty director of Harvard\u2019s Center for Education Policy Research said. \u00a0\u201cThe \u2018learning recession\u2019 started a decade ago, after policymakers switched off the early warning system of test-based accountability and social media took over children\u2019s lives.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Researchers found the post-pandemic recovery has been \u201cU-shaped,\u201d with the largest academic improvements occurring in the wealthiest and poorest districts. Middle-income districts, where 30% to 70% of students receive federally subsidized lunches saw the least improvement on average.<\/p>\n

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The report said federal pandemic relief funding likely helped drive recovery in the highest-poverty districts. Without that aid, researchers said, many low-income districts likely would have remained at 2022 achievement levels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Math scores rebounded more quickly after the pandemic, returning to pre-2013 improvement rates between 2022 and 2024. Reading scores, however, continued to decline sthrough 2024 before showing early signs of improvement in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Researchers linked many of the reading gains to \u201cscience of reading\u201d reforms, which focus on evidence-based reading instruction. States including Maryland, Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky showed reading improvements while implementing comprehensive literacy reforms, according to the report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The report also identified chronic absenteeism as an ongoing barrier to academic recovery. About 23% of students were chronically absent during the 2024-25 school year, down from pandemic highs but still above pre-pandemic levels of 15%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Researchers also highlighted 108 \u201cDistricts on the Rise\u201d that showed large improvement in both math and reading, despite facing similar demographic and economic challenges as neighboring districts.<\/p>\n

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