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From January to March of last year, 117,400 fourth graders from 6,100 schools and 114,600 eighth graders from 5,400 schools participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessments used to compile the data.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6iolzzy000g01ovl217kffh@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“NAEP achievement levels are performance standards that describe what students should know and be able to do,” per the NCES.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6iolzzy000h01ovler8i6ap@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'An estimated 31% of fourth grade students were at or above the “NAEP Proficient” level, representative of solid academic performance. That’s two points lower than 2022 scores and five points lower than scores were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href="https://www.audacy.com/knxnews/news/national/number-of-people-graduating-from-high-school-on-the-decline">During the pandemic</a>, many schools had to suddenly adopt remote and hybrid learning models when lockdown orders prevented in-person instruction.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6iolzzy000i01ovl8mjio43@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Around a year ago, <a href="https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/24/01/despite-progress-achievement-gaps-persist-during-recovery-pandemic">a report</a> from the\xa0<a href="https://educationrecoveryscorecard.org/">Education Recovery Scorecard</a>, a collaboration of the\xa0<a href="https://cepr.harvard.edu/">Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University</a>\xa0and\xa0<a href="https://edopportunity.org/">The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University</a>, found that “academic achievement gaps that widened during the pandemic still remain and have worsened in some states.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6iolzzy000j01ovwtigvm0v@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'NCES reported that last year’s reading scores were down in city, suburban and rural locations. 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