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Just over two years ago, public schools in Clark County were bracing for impact.
Students returned to the classroom after over a year of remote learning; along with them came reports of serious learning loss and higher rates of behavioral challenges.
The first round of annual state standardized testing after the pandemic revealed a glimpse of what the pandemic had done to the public education system in Washington: test scores in English, math and science each dropped between 10 and 20 percent statewide.
