Yes, A Big Study Came Out Today Highlighting Plummeting Test Scores But, No, I Don’t Think It Tells The Whole Story

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I’ve bought hyperlinks under to the most effective articles overlaying the research that was unveiled as we speak highlighting plummeting pupil check scores over the previous ten years.

As everybody seems to be for causes affecting the scholar check downtown, analysis reveals that revenue disparity between low-income & high-income households widened significantly extra in 2015/25 than 2005/2015. Analysis means that if college students don’t see an opportunity for financial mobility, their educational persistence suffers.

I’m not saying that cellphones aren’t a contributing issue (although I’m a bit skeptical of NCLB nostalgia). However I suppose we’re lacking one thing if we don’t look “exterior the field” of the ed researchers’ paradigm.

Listed below are articles concerning the research:

This can be a useful piece from @edsource.org highlighting particulars of what two districts are doing ——Amid nationwide ‘studying recession,’ some California districts’ studying and math scores are on the rise edsource.org/2026/califor…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) Might 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM

Actually fascinating what article says about Compton———Your Faculty District Is Most likely Scoring Worse Than 10 Years In the past www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u… present hyperlink

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) Might 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) Might 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM

Youngsters’ check scores started declining method earlier than COVID. These colleges are making good points www.npr.org/2026/05/13/n…

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Addendum:

When individuals get into NCLB nostalgia lamenting pupil check scores, I marvel what number of will bear in mind how constitution colleges would “counsel out” difficult college students earlier than state testing so they’d go to common public colleges. Gaming the system within the FBI or in colleges https://t.co/ywBRrun9fX

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 13, 2026