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Post COVID-19 Test Score Recovery: Initial Evidence from State Testing Data

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  • Clare Halloran
  • Claire E. Hug
  • Rebecca Jack
  • Emily Oster

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption in schooling in the U.S., and student test scores showed dramatic declines by the end of the 2020-21 school year. We use state test score data to analyze patterns of test score recovery over the 2021-22 school year. On average, we find that 20% of test score losses are recovered in English language arts (ELA) by 2022, compared to 37% in math. These recovery rates do not significantly vary across demographic characteristics, baseline achievement rates, in-person schooling rates in the pandemic school year, or category-based measures of recovery funding allocations. We observe large state-level variation in recovery rates in ELA – from full recovery to further losses. This evidence suggests state-level factors play an important role in students' academic recovery, but we are unable to isolate particular state factors. Future work should focus on this variation to facilitate a broader recovery effort.

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  • Clare Halloran & Claire E. Hug & Rebecca Jack & Emily Oster, 2023. "Post COVID-19 Test Score Recovery: Initial Evidence from State Testing Data," NBER Working Papers 31113, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Dan Goldhaber & Thomas J. Kane & Andrew McEachin & Emily Morton & Tyler Patterson & Douglas O. Staiger, 2022. "The Consequences of Remote and Hybrid Instruction During the Pandemic," NBER Working Papers 30010, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other
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