CRANE CENTER RESEARCH FORUM RECAP: How the COVID-19 pandemic affected student learning in Ohio

The February 2022 Crane Center Research Forum featured Dr. Vladimir Kogan, associate professor of political science at The Ohio State University and Dr. Stéphane Lavertu, Crane Center faculty associate and professor and director of doctoral studies at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

They conducted detailed analyses of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected student learning using data from Ohio’s state tests in the spring of 2021. Hear an overview of COVID-related learning disruptions for different student subgroups, district types, and modes of learning, as well as discuss new evidence on the impacts of online and hybrid learning on student learning gains in third-grade English and language arts.