Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
National test scores suggest that large economic shocks lead to long-lasting effects on student achievement. It happened with students born during the Great Recession and is likely to happen again with the COVID-19 generation. In the coming years, test scores in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will reflect these consequences, but there is still time to remedy the losses in education that children experienced during the pandemic.
For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: policyed.org/perspectivesonpolicy/are-declining-test-scores-coming-covid-generation/video
Additional resources:
Read “Declining NAEP Scores Are Flashing Red Lights for the COVID Generation,” by Michael J. Petrilli. Available here.
Read “Bad Student Scores in History and Civics Flatten the Wrong Curve,” by David Davenport. Available here.
Listen to “A $14 Trillion Loss from Coronavirus-Related School Closures,” with Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson, on The Education Exchange. Available here.
Read “Pandemic Parent Survey Finds Perverse Pattern: Students Are More Likely to Be Attending School in Person Where COVID Is Spreading More Rapidly,” by Paul Peterson, Michael Henderson, and Martin West. Available here.
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National test scores suggest that large economic shocks lead to long-lasting effects on student achievement. It happened with students born during the Great Recession and is likely to happen again with the COVID-19 generation. In the coming years, test scores in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will reflect these consequences, but there is still time to remedy the losses in education that children experienced during the pandemic.
For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: policyed.org/perspectivesonpolicy/are-declining-test-scores-coming-covid-generation/video
Additional resources:
Read “Declining NAEP Scores Are Flashing Red Lights for the COVID Generation,” by Michael J. Petrilli. Available here.
Read “Bad Student Scores in History and Civics Flatten the Wrong Curve,” by David Davenport. Available here.
Listen to “A $14 Trillion Loss from Coronavirus-Related School Closures,” with Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson, on The Education Exchange. Available here.
Read “Pandemic Parent Survey Finds Perverse Pattern: Students Are More Likely to Be Attending School in Person Where COVID Is Spreading More Rapidly,” by Paul Peterson, Michael Henderson, and Martin West. Available here.
Visit policyed.org to learn more.
- Subscribe to PolicyEd’s YouTube channel: bit.ly/PolicyEdSub
- Follow PolicyEd on Twitter: bit.ly/PolicyEdTwit
- Follow PolicyEd on Instagram: bit.ly/PolicyEdInsta
