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The new reality for most students, an online classroom through zoom.
UTC’s campus has been less populated since the move away from most in person classes
When schools were forced to close there were many predictions released that presumed
students would fall behind because of the shutdown. The data for fall of 2020 conducted by
NWEA found that students in grades 3–8 performed similarly in reading to same-grade students
in fall 2019, but about 5 to 10 percentile points lower in math. “I was in my Junior year of high
school when we had to shut down and I can honestly say I have learned very little, if anything,”
stated Amalie Robinson, a highschool student at Giles County High School that has dual enrolled
in college courses for the last two years. “All we have done is busy work.”
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