School Responses to COVID-19a collage showing a diverse group of children in varying grades in different learning settings

IES continues to collect data on schools' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of their response to the Executive Order on Supporting and Reporting and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers. Building on the Spring 2021 NAEP Monthly School Survey, results are available with information about schools' responses during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 school years. To see results for the 2023–24 school year, visit the School Pulse Panel website at NCES.

Additional Dashboards

2021-22 NAEP Preassessment Data

Learn more about in-person full-time, in-person part-time, or remote full-time student attendance, masking and social distancing policies in fourth- and eight-grade public schools in the nation and states from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) pre-assessment activities.

September 2021 School Pulse Panel

This initial data collection for the School Pulse Panel collected information related to learning mode, COVID-19 mitigation strategies, extra programs and activities, plans for instruction in 2020-21, technology support provided, and staffing concerns and challenges.

Summer 2021 School Pulse Panel

While recruiting participating schools, this data collection in the summer of 2021 for the School Pulse Panel asked schools to indicate information related to learning mode in 2019-20, school scheduling, summer school programs, and plans for the 2020-21 school year.

Spring 2021 Monthly School Survey

The NAEP Monthly School Survey provides insights into learning opportunities offered by schools during the Spring of 2021. The survey collected data five times, once a month from February through June of 2021, and the dashboard provides national results as well as results for participating states and large urban districts.