Federal investigators have confirmed what 糖心动漫vlog already knew: Few strategies worked to address concerns about students losing academic ground during the school interruptions sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
鈥淎s schools and districts struggled to operate amid uncertainty and difficult circumstances, students were, not unexpectedly, profoundly affected,鈥� the Government Accountability Office said in
To comply with requirements created by the CARES Act, a federal COVID-19 relief bill, the agency, which reports to Congress, partnered with the Gallup polling organization to conduct a nationally representative survey of 2,900 K-12 teachers about their experiences during the 2020-21 school year. Investigators also held virtual discussion groups with 糖心动漫vlog, administrators, and parents.
Educators reported challenges in helping students overcome hurdles during the pandemic鈥攚hat the report calls 鈥渓earning loss"鈥攚hether they taught online, in-person, or in a hybrid of the two modes, the report said. Even those operating in person dealt with issues like quarantines and concerns about student and staff morale.
Among the key findings:
- Remote teachers reported concerns with comprehension. 60 percent of teachers doing remote instruction reported that their students 鈥渉ad more difficulty understanding lessons than in a typical school year.鈥�
- Conditions at home made learning difficult for remote students. 鈥淭here鈥檚 three people in a two bedroom apartment of less than a thousand square feet all trying to be on different Zooms at the same time and have class and that creates all kinds of issues,鈥� one parent told the GAO.
- Barriers extended beyond struggles with online learning. Absences, disruptive behaviors, emotional distress, lack of adequate nutrition, and unreliable internet access were among factors 糖心动漫vlog identified as 鈥渙bstacles to learning.鈥�
- Student emotions were a concern for all teachers. Sixty-one percent of teachers the GAO surveyed said they 鈥渉ad more students who experienced emotional distress than in a typical year.鈥�
- Live instruction wins out. Eighty-five percent of in-person teachers said live instruction helped students. In a separate question, fewer than 40 percent of respondents thought asynchronous learning, in which students learn content on their own, 鈥渉elped the majority of their students.鈥�
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