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Compare learning loss in districts across the country and gain insights into how remote learning, federal funds, and other factors impacted students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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June 26, 2024
What the Historic Infusion of Federal Pandemic Aid Did for Schools
"Two new analyses of student-achievement data finds some benefits—but also deep inequities—for districts receiving federal recovery money."
June 26, 2024
Schools Got a Record $190 Billion in Pandemic Aid. Did It Work?
"Two new studies suggest that the largest single federal investment in U.S. schools improved student test scores, but only modestly."
June 26, 2024
Burst in covid spending helped students recover, researchers find
"But despite $190 billion sent to K-12 schools, academic achievement lagged behind pre-pandemic levels."
June 26, 2024
Here’s What $200 Billion in Covid Money Did for Students
"Federal Covid aid for schools improved test scores, but the impact was modest and many students remain behind, new research finds."
June 26, 2024
Studies: Pandemic Aid Lifted Scores, But Not Enough To Make Up for Lost Learning
"Two studies independently point to small improvements in student performance due to federal funds. But the authors question if money was 'well spent.'"
February 9, 2024
K-12 students learned a lot last year, but they're still missing too much school
"It's going to take aggressive interventions to repair the pandemic's destructive impact on kids' schooling. That's the takeaway of two big new studies that look …"
February 2, 2024
Academic inequality grows amid recovery from pandemic learning loss
"Academic gaps between students from low-income backgrounds and their more affluent peers have widened, even as American students as a whole are making a …"
February 2, 2024
Learning Recovery Efforts Worked. New Data Show Why States Must Not Let Up
"Student test scores are on a path to recovery nearly four years after the pandemic wreaked havoc on K-12 academics, extensive new data analyzed and released by …"
February 1, 2024
Many students have still not regained pandemic-era losses in reading, math: Report
"Overall, students managed to recover about one-third of the original loss in math and one-quarter of the loss in reading. While these gains are historic, …"
February 1, 2024
Recovery in math, reading scores is underway — but slowly
"The deep academic regression American students suffered during the coronavirus pandemic has at last turned a corner, new data show, as scores in reading and …"
February 1, 2024
See How Your School District Is Recovering From the Pandemic
"Elementary and middle-school students are recovering from pandemic learning losses, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford and Harvard. But there …"
January 31, 2024
New Research Shows Academic Recovery Has Started; Action Needed Before Federal Spending …
"Last year, students in many states made historic gains in math and reading. Still, they made up only one-third of the pandemic loss in math and one quarter of …"
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