McKinsey: School Shutdowns Cost Students 'Significant' Losses
In math, students in majority Black schools ended the year with six months of unfinished learning and students in low-income schools with seven.
School shutdowns last year created devastating academic, economic and mental consequences among K-12 students that could last into their adulthoods, a new report published by McKinsey & Company found.
The impact of school shutdowns on K–12 students was significant, leaving them, on average, five months behind in mathematics and four months behind in reading by the end of the school year, according to the analysis.
Of the 16,000 parents McKinsey surveyed in all 50 states, 35% said they were very or extremely concerned about their children’s mental health. A year of virtual learning, isolation from their friends, and inability to engage in social and athletic activities took a tremendous psychological toll on their children’s well-being.
Historically disadvantaged students were hit the hardest. In math, students in majority Black s