McKinsey: School Shutdowns Cost Students ‘Significant’ Losses

McKinsey: School Shutdowns Cost Students ‘Significant’ Losses
A student receives a temperature check before class as they return to in-person learning in a file photo. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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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.

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