![]() High schoolers have become more likely to drop out of school, and high school seniors, especially those from low-income families, are less likely to go on to postsecondary education. ![]() In math, students in majority Black schools ended the year with six months of unfinished learning, students in low-income schools with seven. The pandemic widened preexisting opportunity and achievement gaps, hitting historically disadvantaged students hardest. Our analysis shows that the impact of the pandemic on K–12 student learning was significant, leaving students on average five months behind in mathematics and four months behind in reading by the end of the school year. Many students, however, chose to keep learning virtually in districts that were offering hybrid or fully in-person learning. ![]() By the end of the school year, only 2 percent of students were in virtual-only districts. 1 “Burbio’s K-12 school opening tracker,” Burbio, accessed May 31, 2021,. Although the 2020–21 academic year ended on a high note-with rising vaccination rates, outdoor in-person graduations, and access to at least some in-person learning for 98 percent of students-it was as a whole perhaps one of the most challenging for educators and students in our nation’s history. As this most disrupted of school years draws to a close, it is time to take stock of the impact of the pandemic on student learning and well-being. ![]()
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