#pandemic-learning-loss

#pandemic-learning-loss

Many UC first-year students, especially from high-need LCFF schools, arrived academically unprepared due to pandemic-related learning loss and structural inequities; blame hampers solutions.

Pandemic-era high school disruptions produced persistent academic deficits and belonging anxiety among current college freshmen, particularly in math, writing, and social skills.

Many students need to relearn basic handwriting skills after pandemic disruptions, prompting teachers to use elementary tracing worksheets across grades.

Third- through eighth-grade reading achievement remains at pandemic-era lows, while math shows modest, uneven recovery; all grades remain below 2019 performance.

U.S. 12th-graders' reading and math scores dropped to historic lows, reflecting pandemic-related learning losses and rising absenteeism.