Data shows students in Eugene, statewide struggle to regain proficiency after COVID-19

New testing data shows the COVID-19 pandemic may have a lasting impact on students' academic performances, with the latest scores showing a lack of improvement. The Oregon Department of Education Thursday released its annual statewideassessment results. They show that, despite an influx of federal funding, academic achievement scores have not improved since 2021-22, when the first round of testing after the pandemic showed huge drops. Most rates don't have a difference of more than 1 percentage point. Still, according to these test results, less than half of students statewide are...