Ongoing Covid 19 School Closures Could Impact Academic Achievement New Research Suggests
Predictions released in Educational Researcher, a publication produced by the American Educational Research Association, suggest that almost all students will have learned less academically in the 2019-20 school year compared to previous years. Researchers report that many factors have impacted a student’s individual results including school closures, access to technology and learning, economic and social stress, and civil unrest. They recommend that as schools begin to re-open, government, policymakers, researchers, educators, families, and students will all need to work together to investigate and implement strategies to support students who need it most and to reduce the academic divide....