BEHIND THE STORY

LISTEN IN: An explanation for those school test scores that have made headlines lately

TODAY’S BROADCAST:  Managing Editor Rachel Alexander walks through the numbers that tell a worrisome story about what happened to student learning during the pandemic. State data shows a drop in test scores. The story she produced is HERE. She also describes why the Oregon State Hospital is in trouble again (that story HERE) and the special place a local nurse has among Salem foster families (that story HERE).

THE SHOW:

OUR PARTNER: Capital Community Media, the Salem-based community television and radio operation, produces Behind the Story for broadcast on FM radio station KMWV. Reach Host Wendy Brokaw at [email protected] or (503) 588-2288.

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