{"id":2116361,"date":"2023-12-05T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-results-are-in-covid-lockdowns-crippled-students-math-proficiency\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T18:48:12","slug":"the-results-are-in-covid-lockdowns-crippled-students-math-proficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-results-are-in-covid-lockdowns-crippled-students-math-proficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid lockdowns severely impacted students&#8217; math skills, new findings reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-results-are-in-covid-lockdowns-crippled-students-math-proficiency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2116361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Shorter School\u2062 Closures Linked to Better Math Scores During Covid Pandemic<\/h2>\n<h3>Revelation \u200bShows \u200cImpact of School Closure Duration \u2064on\u2062 Student Performance<\/h3>\n<p>In a revelation that \u200bwill shock nobody with common sense, \u2064a recently conducted assessment shows how countries that mandated shorter school closures during the Covid pandemic recorded better math scores than those enforcing\u2062 longer ones.<\/p>\n<p>Published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Center \u2062for Education\u200c Statistics<\/a>, the Education Department\u2019s \u201cprimary statistical agency,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/surveys\/pisa\/pisa2022\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Program\u200c for International Student Assessment<\/a> \u2064 (PISA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/12\/05\/us-students-pisa-global-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> that American students experienced \u200ba 13-point drop in their 2022 math scores \u200b\u201cwhen compared to the 2018 \u200d [PISA] exam.\u201d\u200d According to Axios, the average \u20632022 score \u201cwas not only lower than it was in 2012 but it was \u2018among the lowest ever measured\u2064 by PISA in mathematics\u2019 for the U.S, per the\u200c Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. students performed above the OECD \u200caverage \u2063in science and reading, however.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s notable about the 2022 PISA\u2019s findings is the correlation between students\u2019 math proficiency and how long their nation\u2019s government locked them out of school in the name of Covid. As \u200cadmitted \u2064by Axios, the\u200c report shows that a common theme shared by the 31 nations that \u201cmaintained or improved upon their 2018 \u200dmath scores\u201d was that they all implemented \u201cshorter school closures during the pandemic and [had] fewer impediments to remote learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the years since the Covid lockdowns, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/school-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studies<\/a> emerged documenting the disastrous consequences wrought by state-enforced school \u200dclosures. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/12\/05\/us-students-pisa-global-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 analysis<\/a> found that \u201celementary and middle schoolers in the U.S. need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/11\/elementary-middle-school-students-math-reading-progress-stalled-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">months of extra schooling<\/a> to close pandemic-induced gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, data <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/10\/theres-really-only-one-fix-to-massive-learning-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">included<\/a> in the National Assessment of Educational Progress shows\u200d that \u201cmath and reading levels across the\u200d country have dropped to their lowest point in decades.\u201d The report further disclosed that \u201cremote learning\u201d was not \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/05\/14\/why-online-schooling-should-not-become-the-norm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">effective<\/a>.\u201d Even globalist organizations such as the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/24\/shocking-data-shows-school-closures-caused-severe-learning-loss-for-children-around-the-globe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">begrudgingly\u2062 documented<\/a> the harmful effects such\u2063 policies \u200dhave had on student learning.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth mentioning that children are the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/28\/why-arent-more-republicans-highlighting-the-risks-of-giving-infants-covid-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">least at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-arent-more-republicans-highlighting-the-risks-of-giving-infants-covid-shots\/\" title=\"Why Aren\u2019t More Republicans Highlighting The Risks Of Giving Infants Covid Shots?\">-risk age demographic<\/a><\/a> with respect to \u2062Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/speeches\/secretary-education-miguel-cardonas-statement-program-international-student-assessment-pisa-test-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feigning concern<\/a> \u200b about U.S. students\u2019 declining math proficiency, the Biden administration staunchly supported keeping children out of school in the months following Biden\u2019s \u2063inauguration.\u2062 As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/joe-biden-school-closings-covid-teachers-union-eliot-hine-middle-school-8e29f10e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> by The Wall Street Journal\u2019s \u200ceditorial board in August,\u2063 the CDC under Biden\u2062 \u201ctook dictation from [teacher\u2019s] union chief\u00a0Randi Weingarten\u00a0for its reopening guidelines,\u201d which permitted\u200d \u201cunions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-targets-texas-school-district-texas-gop-rep-strikes-back\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Targets Texas School District. Texas GOP Rep Strikes Back.\">urban school districts<\/a> like Chicago cover to \u2063delay the return to full in-person learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2063 also neglected \u200dto use federal funds as leverage \u200bto push states and localities to reopen schools sooner.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The \u200bFederalist and a graduate\u200b of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention\u200b of States Action and his\u2064 work\u2064 has been featured in\u200c numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, \u200cRealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow \u2063him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can \u2063governments\u200d prioritize public health and safety while minimizing\u2064 the\u2063 negative impact of school closures on student learning?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d 021\/03\/04\/children-left-behind-amid-school-lockdowns\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;>most \u2063vulnerable<\/a> group impacted\u2064 by the prolonged closure of schools. Not only do they miss out on important educational instruction, \u2064but they also lose vital social interactions\u200b and support systems that schools provide. The\u2063 consequences of these losses cannot be underestimated and will have long-term effects on their educational and social \u200cdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>The findings from the \u200d2022 PISA serve as \u200da reminder of the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-goes-to-war-with-adam-carolla-after-he-calls-them-cowards\/\" title=\"Teachers\u2019 Union Goes To War With Adam Carolla After He Calls Them Cowards\">keeping schools open<\/a> and minimizing disruptions to education, especially during times of crisis. \u2064While it is understandable that governments may have felt the need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-urge-biden-to-issue-china-travel-ban-after-respiratory-illness-spike\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Call on Biden to Impose China Travel Ban Amid Surge in Respiratory Illness\">prioritize public\u2064 health<\/a> and safety,\u200b it is\u200d crucial \u2064to recognize the negative impact that prolonged school closures can have on student learning.<\/p>\n<p>As we navigate the ongoing challenges of the\u200c Covid pandemic, it is essential to prioritize the well-being and educational needs of our students. This means\u2062 implementing measures that ensure safe and effective \u2062learning \u200denvironments,\u200d such as improved ventilation and hygiene protocols, regular\u200b testing, and targeted support for students who have fallen behind. It\u2064 also means\u2062 finding innovative\u2063 ways to adapt and deliver education, \u200dsuch as blended learning models or remote learning options that are effective\u200c and accessible for all students.<\/p>\n<p>Education is a fundamental right, and every effort should be\u200b made to protect\u2063 and preserve \u200bit, even \u2064in the\u200c face of \u2062unprecedented challenges. By recognizing the correlation between shorter school closures and \u200dbetter academic \u2064performance, policymakers and education systems can make informed decisions that prioritize the long-term \u200bsuccess of our students.<\/p>\n<p>As the world continues to grapple with the effects of the Covid pandemic, let us remember the valuable lesson learned from the 2022 PISA \u200creport: shorter school closures\u200d lead to\u200d better \u200cmath scores.\u2062 By applying this knowledge in future crisis situations, we can ensure that our students&#8217; education remains a priority\u2064 and that they have\u2062 the support \u2062they need to thrive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a predictable finding, a recent assessment reveals that countries with shorter school closures during the Covid pandemic achieved higher math scores. The study, published by the National Center for Education Statistics, confirms what common sense suggests. The Education Department&#8217;s &#8220;primary statistical agency,&#8221; the 2022 Program for International Student, conducted the research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2116363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}