Fifth graders reading at first grade levels? New statewide and national data shows that when it comes to our COVID report card, many are receiving a failing grade.
She says she saw the decline in her daughter's learning and thinks schools should have reopened sooner.
"I don't think it was even possible for the teacher to assess where they were because it was often just multiple kids just talking at the same time, being unable to hear the teacher," Wang said.
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