Covid and Student Achievement: Early Evidence from Ohio’s Fall Tests
A number of private testing companies that provide diagnostic assessments to school districts have released their own estimates of learning losses, but these have a number of limitations. Experts have raised concerns about possible cheating when children take the exams from home, and a substantial number of students—disproportionately disadvantaged—did not take them at all this past fall. These limitations imply that available estimates may understate Covid-related learning losses.
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