AEI: Increased Absences After Pandemic Persist Despite Modestly Reduced Harm
November 06, 2025
November 06, 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Enterprise Institute published the report, 'Absences and Achievement After the Pandemic Evidence from Maryland and North Carolina,' by authors David Blazar, Seth Gershenson, and Ethan Hutt, in September 2025. The report examines the relationship between student absences and academic achievement in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic using administrative data from two states. The study concludes that while the harmful effect of absences . . .
