Schools reported that about 40 percent of their students experienced considerable or major academic losses since March 2020¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Responding schools reported an average of 43 percent of students with considerable or major academic losses since March 2020, including 19 percent with major losses, with state averages ranging from 32 percent in Washington to 49 percent in New York. → The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) 2022

Evidence¶

The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) 2022¶

The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), Stanford University. (2022). Charter Schools' Response to the Pandemic in California, New York and Washington State. https://credo.stanford.edu/reports/item/charter-schools-response-to-the-pandemic-in-california-new-york-and-washington-state/

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School-reported perceptions of individual student losses (Figure 9), a descriptive survey result across the three states. The report calls this "considerable academic losses for a large portion of the student population."

"Overall, the average reported percentage of students with considerable or major academic losses was 43 percent, with 19 percent being reported as having major academic losses"

Discussion¶

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