Districts are confronting learning loss, mental health challenges, political fights.
In elementary and middle schools alone, Texas had more than 2 million failed exams. Some students may have failed multiple tests and even more did not take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR.
and about one-third failed their reading tests. Education officials said schools where students learned at home longest suffered the greatest losses. Still, some students thrived in virtual school. The ability to move at their own pace and focus on learning without classroom distractions helped, they said. State leaders formed a new commission on how to best support those kids now that online learning is, in some cases,School leaders are optimistic that this school year will show better results. But it’s clear that students face a long road to recovery.
Still, Garland -- and many other districts -- is off track to meet the academic goals officials set out to achieve before the pandemic.
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