Reading Head Start: Worth it for Parents?
As recent headlines will attest, reading test scores are declining across the country. Many sources name Covid as the reason for this: “The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading,” cries The New York Times (1); “Students’ test scores plunge,” writes The Washington Post (2). Other journalists, like Natalie Wexler from Forbes, argue that Covid only compounded already declining test scores from the pre-pandemic education system (3). Regardless of their reasoning, the experts arrive at the same verdict: reading test scores are down. Hoping to boost their children’s reading abilities, many parents are searching for supplemental resources, one of which is Reading Head Start.
