EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: The Latest COVID-19 Data Student Absenteeism Soared in Pandemic, and Test Scores Fell By Staff Friday, October 7, 2022 2:23 PM “We must focus on moving forward as a society to readjust the student generations—many of whom spent their formative years in the pandemic—to back-to-normal, accelerated learning conditions.”Washington Post reader Athan Zhang’s response to a Washington Post news article, “Student Absenteeism Soared in Pandemic, and Test Scores Fell.”