Baltimore Community Reacts After Test Assessments Show COVID-19 Pandemic Impact On Learning in Maryland

The Maryland State Board of Education presented data on Tuesday that showed how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted students in the state.  There were steep drops in math and English standardized scores from 2019 to 2021. And an assessment found that less than half of students were prepared for kindergarten.  Those numbers did not shock the people WJZ spoke with on the topic.  “I was totally not surprised at all,” Chris Gutwein, a retired Montgomery County School teacher, said.