Assessment Board Member: States That Opened Schools Earlier Had Less Learning Loss, But Too Much Focus on That Is 'a Distraction'

On Monday's broadcast of CNBC's "The News with Shepard Smith," National Assessment Governing Board member Dr. Marty West reacted to the drop in test scores shown on the National Assessment of Educational Progress by stating that while "states where schools that opened up earlier did lose a bit less ground" academically, "focusing too much on that would be a distraction from the real message" that scores are down in almost every part of the country.