GSVtv: Below Grade: New Research on Test Scores, the Achievement Slide, & Paths to Progress

Already driving headlines across CNN, TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more, new research from Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth reveals a decade-long “learning recession” in America, with reading and math scores declining nationwide and the country’s lowest-performing students falling furthest behind.

Join Thomas Kane (Harvard), Dr. Christina Grant (Harvard CEPR; former D.C. State Superintendent of Education), and John White (Great Minds; former Louisiana State Superintendent of Education) for a live GSVtv conversation, moderated by Deborah Quazzo, exploring:

• What the data reveals about the roots of the “learning recession”
• What recovery looks like — and why it’s been so uneven
• How districts and states are beginning to reverse the trend

“The pandemic was the mudslide that followed seven years of erosion in student achievement,” Kane said following the report’s release.

From science-of-reading reforms to chronic absenteeism, accountability, social media, and post-pandemic recovery, this conversation will unpack one of the most important stories in American education right now.