Education Scorecard gives a detailed look at eroding progress in students’ skills

By: Rosemary Ford and Caitlin Agnew

Outlets: NHPBS

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 1,762

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Elementary school students’ progress in reading and math has been quietly stagnating and even eroding for more than a decade across the nation. What’s going on and how can we fix it? Dr. Douglas O. Staiger, a professor at Dartmouth College who focuses on the economics of education and healthcare and one of the authors of the recently released Education Scorecard, discusses education outcomes across the nation and in New Hampshire.

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