Here are the trend graphs. Here's 8th grade:
Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan HaidtMar 8, 20:14
Still more evidence that EdTech harmed American education: Across states, the year that the state imposed mandates requiring computers/tablets, that's the year that test scores stopped rising and in most cases started falling. From Jared Cooney Horvath
Here's 4th grade:
Doesn't look like EdTech is worth a worry. And scores are not assuredly comparable between years. No one seems to account for this fact even though it is critical to talk about comparisons between years. Source on graphs:
By the way, can someone explain why in the Haidt post, there are 19 points in the graphs? With 15 testings between 1971 and 2022, I don't see how you can get 19.
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