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Impact of COVID-19 on reading achievement and strategies for recovery

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Children in third and fourth grades are struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic
ByJames Williams

Recent studies indicate that children now in third and fourth grades are those students struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic. Not surprisingly Black and Hispanic third-and-fourth-grade students, as well as students from high-poverty schools have the most ground to cover on the road to academic recovery regarding their reading skills. Additional…

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How COVID Worsened the Racial Gap in Reading Achievement Scores
ByJames Williams

The Reading Gap for Minorities Post-Covid has Grown Even Larger The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted schooling for millions of U.S. students, resulting in significant learning loss, especially in reading. However, the learning loss is not evenly distributed across students. Students from low-income, Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous communities have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and…

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