The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Education: Reading Scores Lag for Young Students (2026)

In the wake of the pandemic, our youngest learners are still navigating a learning landscape that looks nothing like the one before 2020. The latest findings from NWEA show a stubborn lag in first- and second-grade math and reading, with math inching upward while reading remains flat. Personally, I think this reveals a deeper, systemic fault line in how early literacy and numeracy are nurtured—inside schools, but also far beyond them.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Education: Reading Scores Lag for Young Students (2026)
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