# Ep. 448 - June 22, 2026 - NAEP Scores Higher Among 9-Year-Olds Not Yet in School During Covid Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475/ep-448-june-22-2026-naep-scores-higher-among-9-year-olds-not-yet-in-school-during-covid Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475/ep-448-june-22-2026-naep-scores-higher-among-9-year-olds-not-yet-in-school-during-covid.md Podcast: [The Education Exchange](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475) Published: 2026-06-22T13:40:35+00:00 Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/education-exchange-paul-peterson/ep-448-june-22-2026-naep Audio file: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2344053167-education-exchange-paul-peterson-ep-448-june-22-2026-naep.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-education-exchange-1123475/episodes/ep-448-june-22-2026-naep-scores-higher-among-9-year-olds-not-yet-in-school-during-covid Duration seconds: 1533 ## Resource Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the recent release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Long-Term Trends. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-education-exchange-1123475/episodes/ep-448-june-22-2026-naep-scores-higher-among-9-year-olds-not-yet-in-school-during-covid/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475/ep-448-june-22-2026-naep-scores-higher-among-9-year-olds-not-yet-in-school-during-covid.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.