Analysis: Study describes what kinds of U.S. schools fared the best and worst during the pandemic

What kinds of schools fared the best and worst during the pandemic? HeyTutor looked at a 2023 NWEA report to determine how the pandemic affected test score outcomes for students by comparing 2019 and 2022 test scores. Natalie P. McNeal, Data Work By Wade Zhou AOL

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Lower-income and school districts with majority Black, Hispanic, and Native American populations, as well as school districts that operated with hybrid or remote schedules, experienced the most learning loss, the NWEA report shows. It highlights persistent inequities facing one of the world's richest countries. Within school districts, however, white students and those who were not economically disadvantaged experienced roughly the same amount of learning loss as Hispanic and Black students and those from low-income households. This finding suggests that factors on a local or community level—such as economic conditions and internet access for example—affected student populations within districts similarly.

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