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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s K-12 students are emerging from the pandemic malaise, posting the most significant academic improvements ...

Students have made some progress toward academic recovery, but overall achievement hasn’t yet reached pre-pandemic levels, new test results show. The data are from the COVID-19 School Data Hub, a 2021 ...

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Performance on state K-12 tests showed steady improvements since the COVID-19 pandemic, but 70% of eighth graders are behind in math.