The Education Exchange: ESSER Funds May Have Slightly Boosted Achievement in Math, Not Reading

Analysis of 5,000 districts across 30 states finds federal relief had modest impacts

Photo of Dan GoldhaberDan Goldhaber, the Director of the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Goldhaber’s research, which estimates the effect of federal ESSER funds on K-12 schools in 2023.

ESSER and Student Achievement: Assessing the Impacts of the Largest One-Time Federal Investment in K12 Schools,” by Goldhaber and Grace Falken, is available now.

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