Ed Department To Launch Survey on School Reopenings

(from NPR) Late last week, the National Center for Education Statistics announced a new survey to track how schools around the country are handling reopening campuses during the pandemic. The survey will be administered to approximately 7,000 nationally representative elementary and middle schools across the country. It follows an executive order from President Biden. Schools will be surveyed on, among other things:

• Whether they are fully remote, hybrid or fully in-person
• How full-time, remote and hybrid enrollment varies by student race/ethnicity, income, English learner status and disability status
• Attendance rates, whether online or in-person, and by each subgroup listed above
• If hybrid, how often students are learning in person
• If remote, how many hours of live instruction are offered
• Whether certain students, such as younger students or those with disabilities, are being prioritized for in-person classes

Results will be collected monthly from February through at least June 2021, and reported to the public. 

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