Chalkbeat reviewed 17 studies published over the last decade, which look at how closures affected students’ academic performance in different cities and states. They help answer a key question for those who fear closures hurt students academically — though they can’t capture other impacts of school closing on a community.
Here’s what we learned.
1. In many places, closures hurt students academically; in some others, they helped. Nationwide, closures appear to slightly lower test scores.
