{
  "id": 800424,
  "title": "NYC’s unexplained test score swings prompt experts to question reading results",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/nycs-unexplained-test-score-swings-prompt-experts-to-question-reading",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T19:07:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chalkbeat",
    "slug": "chalkbeat",
    "url": "https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/08/13/new-york-reading-test-score-swings-raise-questions-with-experts/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This year’s startling collapse of New York City’s reading scores , followed by last year’s big gains , has some experts asking: Did something go wrong with the test itself? There is no clear evidence there is a problem, experts emphasize, but the unusually wide swing in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}