Yes, A Big Study Came Out Today Highlighting Plummeting Test Scores But, No, I Don’t Think It Tells The Whole Story

“OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I’ve got links below to the best articles covering the study that was unveiled today highlighting plummeting student test scores over the past ten years. As everyone looks for causes affecting the student test downtown, research shows that income disparity between low-income & high-income families widened considerably more in 2015/25 than 2005/2015. Research suggests that if students don’t see a chance for economic mobility, their academic persistence suffers. I’m not saying that cellphones are not a contributing factor (though I’m a bit skeptical of NCLB nostalgia). But I think we’re missing something if we don’t look “outside the box” of the ed researchers’ paradigm. Here are articles about the study: This is a helpful piece from @edsource.org highlighting details of what two districts are doing ——Amid national ‘reading recession,’ some California districts’ reading and math scores are on the rise edsource.org/2026/califor… [image or embed] — Larry Ferlazzo ( @larryferlazzo.bsky.social ) May 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM Really interesting what article says about Compton———Your School District Is Probably Scoring Worse Than 10 Years Ago www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u… gift link [image or embed] — Larry Ferlazzo ( @larryferlazzo.bsky.social ) May 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM > — Larry Ferlazzo ( @larryferlazzo.bsky.social ) May 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM Kids’ test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains www.npr.org/2026/05/13/n… [image or embed] Addendum: When people get into NCLB nostalgia lamenting student test scores, I wonder how many will remember how charter schools would "counsel out" challenging students before state testing so they would go to regular public schools. Gaming the system in the FBI or in schools https://t.co/ywBRrun9fX — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 13, 2026

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