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Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US School Districts

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: We estimate the impact of district-level schooling mode (in-person versus hybrid or virtual learning) in the 2020–2021 school year on students’ pass rates on standardized tests in grades 3–8 across 11 states. Pass rates declined from 2019 to 2021: an average of 12.8 percentage points in math and 6.8 in English language arts (ELA). Focusing on within-state, within–commuting zone variation in schooling mode, we estimate that districts with full in-person learning had significantly smaller declines (13.4 pp in math, 8.3 in ELA). The value to in-person learning was larger for districts with larger populations of Black students. (JEL H75, I12, I18, I21, I28, J15)

Source: American Economic Review Insights

DOI: 10.1257/aeri.20210748

Authors: Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun, Emily Oster

Institutions: University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Bureau of Economic Research

Language: English

Topic: Education during COVID-19 pandemic

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4379932759

FWCI: 71.88

Cites: 24

Cited by: 103

Related to: 10