Since 2013 bottom 25% students doing worse, accelerated by COVID

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/low-performing-students-reasons.html

“[bottom tier] Adults have also been struggling with literacy since 2012 …”

I believe it is the tech, especially smartphone. The constant distraction, but also the difficulty the bottom quartile has working with the tech that schools require them to use. #massdisability