As state leaders head into yet another new school year of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are focusing on how to accelerate learning and close the equity gaps that have been exposed and exacerbated by the crisis. This resource will help SEAs understand the problem of unfinished learning and how it has disproportionately impacted children from racial and linguistic minorities. It provides an array of practical strategies state leaders can use to engage early childhood advocates and other members of the education community to develop and deploy accelerated learning plans to equitably close learning gaps among the youngest learners.
This report concludes with recommendations for mitigating unfinished learning among young learners through academic, administrative and/or school-community interventions.