School Closures Still Link to Learning Loss, Nearly 3 Years Into Pandemic

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://reason.com/2023/01/16/school-closures-caused-learning-loss/

Reading and math scores declined between 2020 to 2022, reversing two
decades of improvement.

Tests measuring the academic performance of American schoolchildren
consistently show dramatic declines in scores between the years directly
before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. While the full scope of learning
loss is not yet known, the data indicate that many children entered the
2021 school year with unprecedented education gaps that were likely
exacerbated by widespread school shutdowns.

The National Association for Education Statistics tests a representative
national sample of 9-year-olds on math and reading skills. From 2020 to
2022, according to a report published in September, reading and math
scores declined by five and seven percentage points, respectively,
reversing two decades of improvement in both areas. The drop was
especially steep among students who already faced academic difficulties.
While math scores fell only three points among students in the 90th
percentile, they dropped a staggering 12 points within the 10th
percentile.

In October, the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed
academic setbacks among 450,000 American fourth- and eighth-graders. The
data hinted at the possible effects of low-quality remote learning. Among
remote-learning eighth-graders, for example, just 41 percent of students
who scored in the bottom quartile on the math test participated in live
video lessons with their teacher every day or almost every day. Within the
top quartile, 71 percent did.

Test scores declined for older students too. Between 2021 and 2022, ACT
scores showed the biggest single-year drop in a decade. It was the first
time in three decades that average ACT scores had dropped below 20 on the
test's 36-point scale.

The ACT also sets "college readiness benchmarks"—minimum scores on each
test's subsection that correlate with success in freshman-level college
courses. In 2022, the percentage of students meeting all four of these
benchmarks fell from 25 percent to 22 percent, the largest drop in 10
years.

These dramatic declines in test scores indicate that something went deeply
wrong in American schools during the last few years. The obvious culprit
is long-term school shutdowns. Notably, students in Sweden, which kept
elementary schools open throughout the pandemic, experienced no learning
loss.

School closures during the pandemic disrupted learning for millions of
American students. The effects are now becoming painfully clear.
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Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://reason.com/2023/01/16/school-closures-caused-learning-loss/
Reading and math scores declined between 2020 to 2022, reversing two
decades of improvement.
Tests measuring the academic performance of American schoolchildren
consistently show dramatic declines in scores between the years directly
before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. While the full scope of learning
loss is not yet known, the data indicate that many children entered the
2021 school year with unprecedented education gaps that were likely
exacerbated by widespread school shutdowns.
The National Association for Education Statistics tests a representative
national sample of 9-year-olds on math and reading skills. From 2020 to
2022, according to a report published in September, reading and math
scores declined by five and seven percentage points, respectively,
reversing two decades of improvement in both areas. The drop was
especially steep among students who already faced academic difficulties.
While math scores fell only three points among students in the 90th
percentile, they dropped a staggering 12 points within the 10th
percentile.
In October, the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed
academic setbacks among 450,000 American fourth- and eighth-graders. The
data hinted at the possible effects of low-quality remote learning. Among
remote-learning eighth-graders, for example, just 41 percent of students
who scored in the bottom quartile on the math test participated in live
video lessons with their teacher every day or almost every day. Within the
top quartile, 71 percent did.
Test scores declined for older students too. Between 2021 and 2022, ACT
scores showed the biggest single-year drop in a decade. It was the first
time in three decades that average ACT scores had dropped below 20 on the
test's 36-point scale.
The ACT also sets "college readiness benchmarks"—minimum scores on each
test's subsection that correlate with success in freshman-level college
courses. In 2022, the percentage of students meeting all four of these
benchmarks fell from 25 percent to 22 percent, the largest drop in 10
years.
These dramatic declines in test scores indicate that something went deeply
wrong in American schools during the last few years. The obvious culprit
is long-term school shutdowns. Notably, students in Sweden, which kept
elementary schools open throughout the pandemic, experienced no learning
loss.
School closures during the pandemic disrupted learning for millions of
American students. The effects are now becoming painfully clear.

And just this past week Kamala was kissing the ring of the teacher's union brass.
They are the cause of this.
They are too powerful and very evil.