{"id":1952920,"date":"2023-06-21T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T12:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:05:02","slug":"biden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin: Kids&#8217; Test Scores Drop Not Unexpected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Biden Admin Says 'Devastating' Fall in Kids\u2019 Test Scores Due to Pandemic Is No Surprise\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/zelensky-says-progress-in-counteroffensive-slower-than-desired\" data-post-url id=\"print-1755474\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n          Getty Images<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"m_8768302162706382059docs-internal-guid-bfd7c047-7fff-a921-8640-e455e122e09e\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden administration said it is unsurprised by new reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise\/\" title=\"Biden Admin: Kids' Test Scores Drop Not Unexpected\">nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-declare-acronyms-racist\/\" title=\"San Francisco Officials Declare Acronyms Racist\">test scores<\/a> plummeting<\/a> following government lockdowns.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Education Secretary Miguel Cardona <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/math-scores-plunge-13-year-olds-pandemic-setbacks-100263778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/math-scores-plunge-13-year-olds-pandemic-setbacks-100263778&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687442695143000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0nPB9yS9d0VOB_vxfthiSi\">said<\/a> the results are confirmation of what the administration already knew, &#8220;that the pandemic would have a devastating impact on students\u2019 learning across the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Newly released <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/math-scores-plunge-13-year-olds-pandemic-setbacks-100263778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/math-scores-plunge-13-year-olds-pandemic-setbacks-100263778&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687442695143000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0nPB9yS9d0VOB_vxfthiSi\">data<\/a> show math and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-unions-nightmare-study-shows-charter-schools-more-cost-effective-than-district-schools\/\" title=\"Teachers\u2019 Unions Nightmare: Study Shows Charter Schools More Cost-Effective Than District Schools\">reading scores<\/a> fell dramatically for 13-year-olds. Math levels are at their lowest since 1990, and reading scores are at their lowest since 2004.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cardona added that the White House knows it will &#8220;take years of effort and investment to reverse the damage as well as address the 11-year decline that preceded it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Peggy Carr, a commissioner in the Biden Education Department, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/math-reading-test-scores-pandemic-school-032eafd7d087227f42808052fe447d76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/math-reading-test-scores-pandemic-school-032eafd7d087227f42808052fe447d76&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687442695143000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1fJQbWH0Ryhn3WzNpV0M8b\">said<\/a> there are &#8220;worrisome signs about student achievement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Minority students saw scores fall farther than white students, with the former seeing decreases in math and reading scores of 12 to 14 points while the latter face 6 to 8 point decreases.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The fall in test scores came after Democrats for years prolonged pandemic restrictions, including remote learning and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-custody-following-alleged-mass-shooting-at-minnesota-urgent-care-clinic\/\" title=\"Suspect In Custody Following Alleged Mass Shooting At Minnesota Urgent Care Clinic\">mandatory masking<\/a> of students.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks\/amp\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687442695143000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0u_CZHet5swe6TXGoF8xRG\">said<\/a> last week that he still supports forcing two-year-olds to wear masks during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Two-year-olds should have been required to wear masks,&#8221; Nadler said. &#8220;It would be child abuse for parents not to do that because there was no vaccination available for two-year-olds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Biden administration has long supported masking children. In an April 2022 House Education and Labor Committee meeting, Becerra <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watch-biden-admin-backs-masks-for-toddlers\/\">said<\/a> masks were &#8220;safe and effective&#8221; and &#8220;should be used&#8221; for toddlers in HHS&#8217;s Head Start program, which serves children from poor families.<\/p>\n<p>One of the largest and most comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/this-study-could-be-scientific-nail-in-the-coffin-for-masks\/\">studies<\/a> on the effectiveness of masks that was published earlier this year found that masks do almost <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/this-study-could-be-scientific-nail-in-the-coffin-for-masks\/\">nothing<\/a> to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD006207.pub6\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study, released in January<\/a>, looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-study-could-be-scientific-nail-in-the-coffin-for-masks\/\" title=\"This Study Could Be 'Scientific Nail in the Coffin' for Masks\">78 randomized control trials<\/a> that assessed the effectiveness of face masks against COVID-19, the flu, and other illnesses. It found that wearing masks &#8220;probably makes little or no difference&#8221; for the general public, no matter what kind of mask is worn.<\/p>\n<p>A poll conducted in 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/poll-nearly-half-of-parents-say-masks-at-school-hurt-kids\/\">found<\/a> that almost half of parents said forcing children to wear masks at school has hurt their educational, mental, and social development.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reading scores for students in grades 3-8 have significantly declined due to government lockdowns during the pandemic. 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