Even though the pandemic has interrupted learning, students are still making progress in reading and math this year, according to a new analysis from the assessment provider Renaissance. The company ...

Summer learning loss, also known as the “summer slide,” represents a significant challenge in education where students experience academic regression during extended breaks from formal instruction.

As we head toward the last half of our second school year in a pandemic, there is no doubt that the impact of learning loss has exceeded all predictions. As reported by McKinsey, students are behind ...

Darn it. Algebra just fell out of my brain. Jordan Wheat Lambert and his son Gerald had a problem. They had a product that was doing a modest business, an antiseptic that was particularly useful for ...

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Results from a study by the University of Chicago Education Lab and the nonprofit MDRC have shown promise in reducing the pandemic-era learning loss in students. The preliminary results from the ...

New Jersey would update how it teaches students struggling with reading and appoint a “Learning Loss Czar” to help students who fell behind during the coronavirus pandemic under a series of proposed ...

With a mix of exasperation and despair, many writers (and quite a few politicians) have demanded that schools open for in person instruction during the pandemic. They are exasperated because they ...

Corrected: The original version of this post incorrectly stated the nature of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. It has been corrected to reflect that it is a norm-referenced test. (This is the second ...