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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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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Teaching Innovation: New School Staffing Strategies Inspired by the Pandemic

Authored byLynn Olson

School staffing strategies that developed during the pandemic, the conditions that enabled them, and how educators overcame barriers to the innovations

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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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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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Covid Relief Playbook: Smart Strategies for Investing Federal Funding

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Brooke LePage, Catherine Dragone

Evidence-based solutions to pandemic learning loss

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

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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

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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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What the Pandemic Did to NAEP, State Standardized Test Scores

Authored byBella DiMarco

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Tackling Teacher Shortages With Targeted Strategies

Authored byThomas Toch

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Districts Invest in “Science of Reading” With Covid Aid

Authored byBella DiMarco

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To Help Kids Catch up Academically, Let’s Focus on Friendships

Authored byAndrew Buher

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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

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Convincing Students to Stay in School Post-Pandemic

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan

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The Churn

The latest leadership changes in the education sector

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