There was a decision to systematically dismantle expectations of excellence, and there was a decision made to in fact have schools closed for a prolonged unnecessary period of time during the pandemic. Those two decisions manifested themselves in Virginia Students [suffered] the largest learning loss in the country. Fourth grade reading and math tests demonstrated was a foundational decision to reduce expectations, to expect less out of our students, to make people feel better because the test scores were arbitrarily higher. (06:34–07:49)
CLAIM
Asserts that Virginia students experienced the largest learning loss in the U.S. during the pandemic.
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