3.12.24 3 considerations on chronic absenteeism for education policymakers The percentage of students displaying chronic absenteeism—defined as missing 10% or more of school for any reason—nearly doubled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent data... Read more
7.29.21 Learning during COVID-19: Why it’s not as simple as calculating months of learning There may never be a way to comprehensively understand how student learning was altered by COVID-19. Everyone’s routines were deeply disrupted, and most of us were just doing the absolute best... Read more
6.1.21 Summer learning loss: What we know and what we’re learning Concerns about students losing ground academically during summer break go back at least a century, with early evidence suggesting that summer contributed to large disparities in students’... Read more
9.4.18 Summer Learning Loss: Does It Widen the Achievement Gap? Summer is over, and many kids are heading back to school having lost some skills or knowledge from the previous school year. I wrote earlier this summer about how MAP Growth provides unique insights... Read more
