Pandemic erased Atlanta students’ progress: report

The pandemic reversed academic gains metro Atlanta students were making, according to a new report from education non-profit Learn4Life.

The report showed in 2019, about 40% of metro Atlanta third graders were reading on grade level. In spring 2022, 39% of third graders reached that benchmark.

“Forty percent can’t be acceptable,” Zeff said. “That can’t be enough.”

Published: December 9, 2022
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