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| Pandemic learning loss could cost students thousands in income over their lifetime: study | |
| 2023-01-03 | |
[FoxNews] Lower earnings will result in up to 2.9% of lost GDP for states.
A Stanford University study showed that learning loss suffered by students during pandemic restrictions could result in lower incomes throughout their lifetime. "The pandemic has had devastating effects in many areas, but none are as potentially severe as those on education," the study's author, Eric A. Hanushek, wrote in its conclusion. "There is overwhelming evidence that students in school during the closure period and during the subsequent adjustments to the pandemic are achieving at significantly lower levels than would have been expected without the pandemic." The study, entitled "The Economic Cost of the Pandemic," analyzed National Assessment of Educational Progress data and found that between 2019 and 2022, test scores in math and English dropped an average of eight points across the country. The drastic drop came after nearly two decades of progress, the study noted, erasing all the gains in test scores made between 2000 and 2019. Hanushek notes that while most policymakers and the media have focused solely on the pandemic's impact on test scores, the loss in student achievements could have severe economic repercussions. According to the study, students enrolled in schools during pandemic restrictions will face an average of a two to nine percent drop in lifetime earnings, resulting in states facing a 0.6 to 2.9 percent drop in total GDP. "At the extreme, California is estimated to have lost $1.3 trillion because of learning losses during the pandemic. These losses are permanent unless a state’s schools can get better than their pre-pandemic levels," the study reads. Unless schools are able to make up for the declines, students enrolled in schools during the pandemic will enter the workforce with lower cognitive skills needed to succeed in a constantly evolving economy. "Extensive research demonstrates a simple fact: those with higher achievement and greater cognitive skills earn more," the study reads. "The evidence suggests that the value of higher achievement persists across a student’s entire work life." The study notes that the "United States rewards skills more than almost all other developed countries," something that will hamper current students' ability to navigate a "technologically driven economy where workers are continually adjusting to new jobs and new ways of doing things." Hanushek concludes that while the responsibility for the losses does not solely fall on schools, it will be up to them to lead the effort towards recovering lost skills. However, the study warns that efforts so far have been insufficient to make up the gap. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 No mention about the home-schooled; Mrs. Ret’s dance instructor and his wife home-school both of their kids; by his own admission after watching videos of similarly-aged kids/grandkids of 2 of his students he was floored at the huge gap between his kids and the others. Of note: his wife insists on keeping their kids isolated from everybody; even grandparents who live only a couple miles away. Unless fully masked. Yeah she is also hard core vegan. I think her six pack is missing a few bottles. Kids will suffer forever. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2023-01-03 14:54 |
| #2 If it hurts miseducation anywhere near as it hurts real education it will be a net gain. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2023-01-03 14:17 |
| #1 question is whether the covid reaction learning loss will be recovered, ever if not, then it reduces GDP by 2.9% every year that would be above $500B every year forever |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-01-03 12:17 |