Elementary students fell behind in math by over half a year while schools utilized virtual learning services during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The New York Times.
Learning loss has been a significant hurdle for schools to overcome in the wake of the pandemic, with many students suffering in subjects such as math, reading, and science, according to an analysis from the Times.
One significant factor was online learning implemented by many districts in the United States, resulting in remote students from third to eighth grade falling behind in math by 0.57 years compared to 0.35 years with students who remained in person in the 2020-2021 school year, according to a May 2023 study from Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins researchers.
“There’s fairly good consensus that, in general, as a society, we probably kept kids out of school longer than we…
