What impact could last spring's school closures have on the academic performance levels of schoolchildren in the United States? Researchers from the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) studied the question in a recent report.
Their work is published in the Educational Researcher journal. The researchers analysed periods of interruption to learning – generally, the long summer recess – in relation to learning loss and how students catch up when they return to school.
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