Post-Covid Recovery

Analysis of state and local responses to learning loss during the pandemic

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Progress in Spending Federal K-12 Covid Aid: State by State

A state-by-state breakdown of federal Covid-relief aid ESSER spending

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How North Carolina’s Schools Are Staffing Their Pandemic Recovery

Authored byBella DiMarco, Maureen Kelleher

An analysis of ESSER investments in staffing across North Carolina’s school districts

A collage of graphics showing trends if spending federal Covid-relief aid.

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6 Ways to Breakdown How Districts are Spending Federal Covid Aid

FutureEd’s analysis of Covid-relief spending plans from more than 5,000 school districts and charter schools educating 75 percent of the nation’s students

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How California’s Schools Are Spending Billions in Federal Pandemic Relief

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Bella DiMarco

An analysis of how California localities are spending the third round of federal Covid-relief aid

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Educators and ESSER: How Pandemic Spending Is Reshaping the Teaching Profession

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Bella DiMarco

A comprehensive picture of state and local ESSER spending on the educator workforce

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Covid Relief Playbook: Smart Strategies for Investing Federal Funding

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Brooke LePage, Catherine Dragone

Evidence-based solutions to pandemic learning loss

Parent Views on Testing

89%

Parents who report that classroom tests are valuable in measuring their child’s academic performance
77%

Parents who report that statewide tests are valuable

Source: National Parents Union

Tutoring

39%

Schools that report using high-dosage tutoring, 2023-24
52%

Schools that report using standard tutoring

Source: Institute of Education Sciences October 2023 School Pulse Panel

Learning Loss

4.1

Additional months of schooling needed for students grades 3-8 to catch up in reading
4.5

Additional months of schooling needed for students grades 3-8 to catch up in math

Source: NWEA

NAEP Scores, 13-year-olds

85%

13-year-olds who demonstrated skills in basic problem solving and math operations in 2012
71%

13-year-olds who demonstrated skills in basic problem solving and math operations in 2022

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

Projected ESSER III Spending

$2.2 billion

Projected ESSER III spending on psychologists/mental health professionals
$1.2 billion

Projected ESSER III spending on social-emotional learning

Source: FutureEd

Lost Instructional Time

13

Estimated weeks of lost instruction among students enrolled in low-poverty schools that were remote for most of 2020-21
22

Among students enrolled in high-poverty schools

Source: The Atlantic