U.S. children confronts severe learning losses over COVID-19

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U.S. children confronts severe learning losses over COVID-19

STORY: U.S. children confront severe learning losses over COVID-19 DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:17 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of students going to school STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "For two years, American schools and researchers have wrestled with pandemic-era learning setbacks, resulting mostly from a lack of in-person classes, reported The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 6. According to the U.S. Department of Education, from 2020 to 2022, average reading scores for 9-year-olds slid 5 points, to 215 out of a possible 500, in the sharpest decline since 1990. Average math scores fell 7 points to 234, the first statistically significant decline in math scores since the long-term trend assessments began in the 1970s. Learning loss generally is worse in districts that kept classes remote longer, with the effects most pronounced in high-poverty districts. The possible reasons: som

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