Richmond Leads Virginia in Post-Pandemic Student Reading Recovery, Report Shows

Virginia students continue to struggle in reading but show signs of recovery

A report by Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth researchers highlighted five “districts on the rise" in Virginia: Richmond, Charlottesville, Danville, Roanoke County and Smyth County.

Richmond leads Virginia in post-pandemic student reading recovery, report shows

RICHMOND, Va. Virginia students are making progress in reading skills, but still lag behind where they were before the pandemic, according to a new report.The "Education Scorecard" report was written by scholars at Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth. Using reading scores registered from 2022 to 2025, the report shows Richmond Public Schools is leading the state in reading recovery, despite average test scores still sitting below the state and natio…