 Dear reader,
With the pandemic encroaching on a third-straight academic year, The Hechinger Report is preparing to return to classrooms and campuses for another deep look at so-called learning loss. In the meantime, we have some takeaways from an early glimpse at how students are faring.
The picture is mixed – and middle schoolers are particularly behind in math – but there is some reassuring news: Some students have been able to make up as much as a quarter or a third of the learning loss that they suffered during the school closures and remote instruction of 2020 and 2021.
Still, student achievement still lags far behind what children at each grade level used to demonstrate before the pandemic, The Hechinger Report’s Jill Barshay explains, after sorting through a report by NWEA, the research-based nonprofit that sells assessments to schools to track student progress. Take a look and send us your own observations; we love to hear from our readers. We would also love to hear your thoughts about one of our favorite topics: strategies for reading instruction. And another reminder: Tell others who care about education to sign up for our newsletters and never miss a story.
Liz Willen, Editor
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