Table 3 Teachers’ report of changes in academic achievement during remote instruction.

	Canada		USA		Total
	n	prop	n	prop	n	prop
Student’s overall performance during the 2020–21 school year
∘ Below expectations for their grade	238	0.54	263	0.58	501		0.56
∘ According to expectations for their grade	171	0.39	162	0.36	333	0.37
∘ Above expectations for their grade	32	0.07	27	0.06	59	0.07
Academic performance by domain, compared to in-person classes
Mathematics
∘ Much worse	59	0.14	68	0.16	127	0.15
∘ Somewhat worse	143	0.33	178	0.41	321	0.37
∘ About the same	125	0.29	103	0.24	228	0.26
∘ Somewhat better	68	0.16	48	0.11	116	0.14
∘ Much better	32	0.08	37	0.08	69	0.08
Reading / Literature
∘ Much better	39	0.09	57	0.12	96	0.10
∘ Somewhat better	136	0.31	168	0.38	304	0.34
∘ About the same	148	0.33	125	0.28	273	0.31
∘ Somewhat worse	84	0.19	52	0.11	136	0.15
∘ Much worse	37	0.08	43	0.10	80	0.10
Spelling
∘ Much better	50	0.11	78	0.17	128	0.14
∘ Somewhat better	140	0.32	159	0.36	299	0.34
∘ About the same	155	0.35	121	0.27	276	0.31
∘ Somewhat worse	59	0.13	57	0.13	116	0.13
∘ Much worse	38	0.09	33	0.07	71	0.08
Differences between low and high-performing students
∘ Decreased	46	0.10	42	0.09	88	0.10
∘ Stayed the same	130	0.30	156	0.35	286	0.32
∘ Increased	265	0.60	254	0.56	519	0.58
Long term effects of the pandemic on students
∘ Lasting, negative effects	301	0.70	297	0.66	598	0.68
∘ No lasting effects	72	0.17	79	0.18	151	0.17
∘ Lasting, positive effects	57	0.13	73	0.16	130	0.15

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