Post-Covid Recovery

Analysis of state and local responses to learning loss during the pandemic

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Progress in Spending Federal K-12 Covid Aid: State by State

A state-by-state breakdown of federal Covid-relief aid ESSER spending

A collage of graphics showing trends if spending federal Covid-relief aid.

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6 Ways to Breakdown How Districts are Spending Federal Covid Aid

FutureEd’s analysis of Covid-relief spending plans from more than 5,000 school districts and charter schools educating 75 percent of the nation’s students

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How California’s Schools are Spending Billions in Federal Pandemic Relief

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Bella DiMarco

An analysis of how California localities are spending the third round of federal Covid-relief aid.

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Educators and ESSER: How Pandemic Spending Is Reshaping the Teaching Profession

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Bella DiMarco

A comprehensive picture of state and local ESSER spending on the educator workforce

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What the Pandemic Did to NAEP, State Standardized Test Scores

Authored byBella DiMarco

The change in student proficiency rates on national and state testing between 2019 and 2022

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What Congressional Funding Means for K-12 Schools

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

The latest developments in federal Covid-relief aid for states and school districts

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Covid Relief Playbook: Smart Strategies for Investing Federal Funding

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Brooke LePage, Catherine Dragone

Evidence-based solutions to pandemic learning loss

Learning Loss

4.1

Additional months of schooling needed for students grades 3-8 to catch up in reading
4.5

Additional months of schooling needed for students grades 3-8 to catch up in math

Source: NWEA

NAEP Scores, 13-year-olds

85%

13-year-olds who demonstrated skills in basic problem solving and math operations in 2012
71%

13-year-olds who demonstrated skills in basic problem solving and math operations in 2022

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

Tutoring

56%

Schools that report using high-impact or high-dosage tutoring, 2022
38%

Schools that report using another form of tutoring

Source: Institute of Education Sciences 2022 School Pulse Panel

Projected ESSER III Spending

$2.2 billion

Projected ESSER III spending on psychologists/mental health professionals
$1.2 billion

Projected ESSER III spending on social-emotional learning

Source: FutureEd

Lost Instructional Time

13

Estimated weeks of lost instruction among students enrolled in low-poverty schools that were remote for most of 2020-21
22

Among students enrolled in high-poverty schools

Source: The Atlantic

2022 State NAEP Math Scores

43

States with significantly more 4th graders scoring below NAEP Basic in math
48

States with significantly more 8th graders

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

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How North Carolina’s Schools Are Staffing Their Pandemic Recovery

Authored byBella DiMarco, Maureen Kelleher

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From the Field

New Studies Gauge Pandemic Learning Loss and Recovery

Authored byJill Barshay

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From the Field

Research Notes: Summer Learning’s Impact on Academic Recovery

Authored byKristian Thymianos

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Have Policymakers Overlooked a Major Contributor to the Dismal 2022 NAEP Results?

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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Progress in Spending Federal K-12 Covid Aid: State by State

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An Overlooked Covid-relief Fund for Schools

Authored byBarbara Duffield

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How California’s Schools are Spending Billions in Federal Pandemic Relief

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Bella DiMarco

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Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Student Absenteeism Post-Pandemic

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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From the Field

Q&A: Goldhaber on the Early Impact of ESSER Funding on Learning Recovery

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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How Home Visits Helped Connecticut Cut Student Absenteeism

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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What Congressional Funding Means for K-12 Schools

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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Getting to Yes on Covid Relief Spending

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The Churn

The latest leadership changes in the education sector

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Upcoming events at FutureEd and across the education policy world

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Media mentions and our work on other platforms

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