Roundup: California's pandemic school closures reverse six years of students' performance: report

SACRAMENTO, the United States, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Due to lengthy school closures, the academic performance of public school students in California, the most populous state in the United States, have returned to the levels of six years ago, a newly published report has found.

When California's academic testing resumed in 2022 after being suspended during the pandemic, researchers found "significant declines" in students' proficiency rates, according to the report by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).