Preliminary data suggests significant learning loss for students VIDEO: Preliminary data suggests significant learning loss for students By Nick Reagan | April 23, 2021 at 2:43 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 6:30 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A year of social distancing, quarantining, and computer classrooms has left a major impact on education. While experts feared learning loss, preliminary data is now in to back up those fears. The Berkeley County School District just completed its Reading and Math Inventory tests. A multiple-choice assessment administered multiple times a year to high school freshmen and sophomores. “It’s a diagnostic tool,” said Dr. Mathis Burnette who is the academy coach at Stratford High School. “The goal is to improve instruction with data. You get a quantile score and a lexile score. Ultimately what you want to get to is where is this student now and versus where do we take them.”