The data provide the most comprehensive picture yet of how California students have fared during the pandemic. In 2019, for example, the mean score increase in math for students between fourth and sixth grade was 52 points. The increases were even bigger for the most vulnerable students, including Black, Latino, Native American, foster and homeless youths, migrant students and English learners. The data add to a significant body of evidence of the harm of the pandemic and school closures on student achievement. Hough, who has closely examined data on learning lags in California during the pandemic, said she worries that the numbers released Friday underestimate student setbacks.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 07, 2022 20:48 UTC