Despite the release of a new curriculum by WA State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kris Rykdal, the knowledge shows the fourth anniversary (this week) of the end of WA schools due to COVID, academics are still lagging behind. The new OSPI program is intended for districts and academics that are falling behind, but. . .
We don’t forget 4 years ago this month, when WA public schools closed due to COVID and remained closed longer than any other state in the United States. After all, they reopened at the end of 2021. Governor Inslee ordered schools to reopen. on April 19, but not all districts immediately resumed full-time in-person work.
Now, a new study from the WA Policy Center shows that students still suffer from distance learning and are absent from categories longer than anyone else in the United States. Speaking to The Center Square, Liv Finne of the WPC says the data indicates that 50. 1 percent of students are in grade point or passed in reading point, and 39% have passed the WA state math check of the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
Finne told The Center Square that new data shows that WA students have likely lost at least 7 percent of their potential lifetime workforce due to COVID shutdowns.
The Hoover Institution produced a report showing how student learning loss due to COVID-related school closures can likely result in Washington state students earning 7% less cash over their lifetime than they would pre-COVID.
According to the report, school closures for up to 18 months (in some districts) have severely harmed many students in terms of their ability to stay academically, which in turn can also hurt the opportunities they would potentially have in the future.
Four years after COVID shut down Washington state schools for more than a year, the effects and other insights show that WA scholars are still lagging behind.
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Despite the release of a new curriculum by WA State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kris Rykdal, the knowledge shows the fourth anniversary (this week) of the end of WA schools due to COVID, academics are still lagging behind. The new OSPI program is intended for districts and academics that are falling behind, but. . .
We don’t forget 4 years ago this month, when WA public schools closed due to COVID and remained closed longer than any other state in the United States. After all, they reopened at the end of 2021. Governor Inslee ordered schools to reopen. on April 19, but not all districts immediately resumed full-time in-person work.
Now, a new study from the WA Policy Center shows that students still suffer from distance learning and are absent from categories longer than anyone else in the United States. Speaking to The Center Square, Liv Finne of the WPC says the data indicates that 50. 1 percent of students are in grade point or passed in reading point, and 39% have passed the WA state math check of the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
Finne told The Center Square that the new data shows that WA students have likely lost at least seven percent of their potential lifetime earning capacity due to COVID shutdowns.
The Hoover Institution produced a report showing how student learning loss due to COVID-related school closures can likely result in Washington state students earning 7% less cash over their lifetime than they would pre-COVID.
According to the report, school closures for up to 18 months (in some districts) have severely harmed many students in terms of their ability to stay academically, which in turn can also hurt the opportunities they would potentially have in the future.