Panic of the Week: Learning Loss (Again)
“The data is telling us that in mathematics, on average, students have lost, not just that semester, but a complete year, and that in English, students have lost a complete semester.”
-SC Senate Education Chair Greg Hembree, July 15, 2020
“Well, it’s a projection, but it statistically supports the anecdotal evidence that I was receiving from constituents already.”
-SC Senate Education Chair Greg Hembree, July 17, 2020
“In my neighborhood, we’ve got a lot of children, and they were just riding around in golf carts all day long… I’d just pull them aside and say ‘Hey, how’s it going? I’ve seen a lot of you out on the neighborhood, how’s it going?’ …and they’re like, ‘It’s just busywork’”.
The argument that “learning loss,” as defined by standardized test scores, is inextricably linked to COVID-19 mitigation strategies is a compelling one. So compelling, in fact, that SC politicians were already trying to make that argument before any data e…
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