Black and Latinx Students’ Grades Are Disproportionately Suffering From School Closings

The pandemic has affected the nation’s most vulnerable classrooms

An analysis of tests given to 4.4 million U.S. students from third to eighth grade found that test scores are lower across the board in 2020 but that Black and Latinx children are among those impacted the most.

“The public health, education, and economic damages inflicted by Covid-19 are likely to exacerbate long-standing inequities disproportionately…