OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Osceola County School District launched a program to help close the academic achievement gap, which Superintendent Dr.
Debra Pace said has been exacerbated by the pandemic. “Really and truly, we’re looking at students being three to six months behind where they ordinarily would’ve been; when you talk about that, it’s a half a year of learning that has a long-term potential impact if we don’t fix the problem now,” Dr.
Pace said. She said the students hurting the most in terms of the academic achievement gap are the digital learners. “We did see a much higher percentage of students in a digital environment with Ds and Fs first semester,” Dr.