Kids only just got back to school, but their report cards are already in, and they're not looking good for high school seniors.

University of Pittsburgh School of Education assistant professor Josh Bleiberg said while COVID may feel far away, its effects are still lingering in new test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card .

"There's definitely a pandemic influence going on here," Bleiberg said. "If they're students who struggled to learn online, well, they might learn a little bit less because they weren't in a room with an actual teacher."

What's long been considered the country's most reliable standardized test gave a look at skills among last year's high school seniors for the first time since the pandemic. They're a

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