No – if it were the result of shutdowns, then places that shut down and stayed closed longer would have had far worse outcomes than those that didn't. They didn't. California, for instance, did better than avg, and LA was the only place to have reading scores actually go up. https://t.co/zKa3IP9Z6R
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 24, 2022
Plummeting U.S. test scores aren’t a red state vs. blue state thing https://t.co/6YuaWlfAMx
— Eugene Robinson (@Eugene_Robinson) October 24, 2022
Sad! 