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It also increased mental health and behavioral concerns, teacher shortages and burnout, and student absenteeism and disengagement.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Which assessment results show the largest decline described in the brief?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The brief states that U.S. students experienced the largest decline in the 30-year history of NAEP in math, history, and civics. In reading, scores declined in 30 states and remained stagnant in 22, representing the largest state-level decrease since 1992.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What types of solutions does the brief recommend for learning recovery and system repair?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It recommends comprehensive strategies, including innovative approaches to spending federal recovery funding and addressing bureaucratic barriers. 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Concerns for the US education system were increasing prior to the pandemic as academic achievement and school reforms struggled to keep pace with the evolving demands of the 21st century. School disruptions during the pandemic enervated the US education system, highlighted inequities, and intensified deficiencies leading to a new level of national education crisis which is becoming more and more evident in recent national assessments of achievement.  \nInsights for What’s Ahead  \n• US students experienced the largest decline in the 30-year history of the congressionally mandated National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the subjects of math, history, and civics.1 In reading, scores declined in  \n30 states and remained stagnant in 22, marking the largest decrease in state-level progress since 1992.2  \n• Students with low performance and students in high-poverty schools experienced the greatest decline according to assessment data. The drop in scores for specific subgroup populations was significant enough to widen persistent performance gaps which represent a divergence from moderate progress attained over the past 30 years to close such achievement gaps.  \n• The impact of the response to the pandemic has significantly increased challenges to US K-12 education due to reversed progress, unfinished learning and widened gaps, increased mental health and behavioral concerns, teacher shortages and burnout, and student absenteeism and disengagement.  \n• The mass decline undermines student success, diminishes equal opportunity, hampers the development of a viable future workforce, weakens confidence in economic prospects, undercuts democracy, and restricts economic growth.  \n• The federal government responded by providing an unprecedented level of relief funding—$189.5 billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) as part of three stimulus bills. This funding is roughly three times the annual federal investment in education. It was also complemented by other measures to support education, most importantly the passage of funding to expand broadband access nationally.  \n• The deep disruption, combined with the significant federal funding and advances in technology, particularly with regard to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, provides a unique opportunity to address the long-standing challenges in the US education system.  \n• While the funding levels have been unprecedented, strategies for how to spend the funding must be innovative and comprehensive in order to upend the systemic issues that have long plagued the education system and limited the potential of youth as well as the prosperity of the nation. In addition, bureaucratic barriers must be addressed so that implementation, such as broadband access and other measures, can be delivered in a timely and effective manner.  \nThis Solutions Brief examines the impact of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on  \nthe US K-12 education system. It reviews the historic investment by Congress to restore  \nschools and identifies promising practice examples that offer hope for student success.  \nThe country has entered a recovery phase especially as it relates to tackling unfinished  \nlearning during this time. But the learning crisis the nation faces provides a unique  \nwindow to address not only the short-term challenge of pandemic learning loss but also  \nthe underlying long-term systemic problems that prevent an effective and vibrant US  \neducation system. 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In reading, scores declined in 30 states and remained stagnant in 22, representing the largest state-level decrease since 1992.\"},{\"question\":\"What types of solutions does the brief recommend for learning recovery and system repair?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends comprehensive strategies, including innovative approaches to spending federal recovery funding and addressing bureaucratic barriers. It also highlights using technology advances such as AI for personalization and identifies promising practice examples to support student success.\"}]","SUSTAINING CAPITALISM - A Nation Equipped: A K-12 Education System for Today and Tomorrow | PDF",1792048707,68]