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YOUNGKIN: Dismal Results Confirm Urgency of Education Reform

Virginia 4th Graders Recorded Largest Math and Reading Declines in the Nation Governor’s Office | October 24, 2022 Governor Glenn Youngkin described the learning losses of Virginia fourth- and eighth-grade students on this year’s national reading and mathematics tests as catastrophic. Since 2017, fourth graders in Virginia suffered the largest declines in reading and math […]

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SEARS: Virginia’s Education System Must Change

Lt. Governor’s Office | October 24, 2022 The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) data for Virginia was recently released, showing Virginia fourth graders scored the largest declines in the nation. Our eighth-grade scores declined significantly as well. “This decline started in 2017, well before the Governor Northam-ordered pandemic school closures. The two previous

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