Even as we leave memories of the COVID-19 pandemic behind, those years of disruption to in-person education are still having an impact on students in the U.S.
According to a new report from the GRAD Partnership – a group of organizations that works with school districts – most states saw a decline in high school graduation rates from 2019 to 2022. However, national graduation rates were “marginally higher.”
GRAD said that the report is the first in-depth analysis of the pandemic’s impact on high school graduation rates across the country, including state and district-level data. It covered chronic absenteeism, achievement metrics and high school graduation rates as well as postsecondary enrollment and attainment.
“Trends in attainment outcomes before and after the pandemic were most variable at the district level: less than half of the nation’s districts followed the national pattern of rebounded high school graduation rates by 2022,” said GRAD.
Additionally, certain demographics were apparently impacted differently. For example, the report …