Closing the Pandemic Learning Gap: Emerging Technology in K-12

COVID school closures had a devastating impact on America’s schoolchildren. For the first time since the National Assessment of Educational Progress began tracking student achievement in the 1970s, 9-year-olds lost ground in math, and scores in reading fell by the largest margin in more than 30 years.

As the New York Times put it, "the pandemic erased two decades of progress in math and reading."

The disruptions impacted communities unevenly, causing high-poverty districts, low-performing students and Black and Hispanic students to fall even further behind. And the setbacks aren’t just related to the pandemic. According to education experts, a decade or more of inequality in education investment is also to blame.

Technology will play a vital role in closing the learning gap. Join the Center for Digital Education on March 22, 2023, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time/1 p.m. Eastern Time to explore the emerging classroom technologies that educators can use to help address learning loss, including:

• Artificial intelligence and data analytics that can help identify students most at risk from falling behind
• E-learning platforms that deliver a personalized education plan for every student
• Hybrid solutions that provide better access to labs and other learning tools