Report: Students Are Learning More Than Before COVID, but Still Lagging

A new report from researchers at Harvard University shows that students have started to recover from learning losses sustained during school closures related to COVID-19. Still, student achievement has not exceeded pre-pandemic performance, save in a few states. The report found that student achievement gaps that began during the pandemic between rich and poor districts have widened and called for federal funding to go toward additional face time between students and teachers, including expanding the school year or offering summer school.