September 18, 2022

State test results show California students overall performed much worse in math and English language arts than pre-pandemic, but a persistent achievement gap didn't worsen, as initially feared. Students at a classroom at St. HOPE’s Public School 7 Elementary in Sacramento on May 11, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Commentary

COVID-19 school closures undermined learning

The closure of California's public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic had a hugely negative impact on children's educations that will reverberate for decades.

By Dan Walters • September 18, 2022