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The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.

apmreports.orgLawsuit saves massive reading experimentThe Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administ...

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Beginning in February, Trump cut at least 106 contracts that funded education research, federal program evaluations, data collection and related priorities. In response to a lawsuit, the administration reinstated 12 contracts, including the experiment on the early warning system for reading.

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Its lawyers said it was evaluating 16 other contracts to possibly be reinstated, potentially after adjusting the scope and seeking bids from additional vendors.