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Title: Implementing COVID-19 Routine Testing in K-12 Schools: Lessons and Recommendations from Pilot Sites
Language: English
Authors: Vohra, Divya, Rowan, Patricia, Hotchkiss, John, Lim, Kenneth, Lansdale, Aimee, O'Neil, So, Mathematica
Source: Mathematica. 2021.
Availability: Mathematica. P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543. Tel: 609-799-3535; Fax: 609-799-0005; e-mail: publications@mathematica-mpr.com; Web site: https://www.mathematica.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 62
Publication Date: 2021
Sponsoring Agency: Rockefeller Foundation
Document Type: Reports - Research
Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Kindergarten
Primary Education
Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Districts, Educational Environment, Immunization Programs, School Safety, Disease Control, Federal Aid, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, Public Policy, Public Agencies, Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Public Health, Correlation, Trust (Psychology), Sustainability, Public Officials, Guidance, Testing, Tests, Epidemiology, Diagnostic Tests
Geographic Terms: Rhode Island, California (Los Angeles), Kentucky (Louisville), Oklahoma (Tulsa), District of Columbia, Louisiana (New Orleans)
Abstract: In the 2020-2021 school year, many schools and districts around the country implemented routine COVID-19 testing to proactively detect cases among teachers, students, and staff and stop the spread of the virus. Such testing made it possible for many communities to gain the needed support from teachers and parents to reopen schools and resume in-person learning, helping to guard against learning loss for an entire generation of students. Even as public attention has turned to vaccines, testing remains essential for making schools a safe and trusted environment because it offers an important layer of protection. This protection is especially critical as schools and communities contend with the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, delayed vaccine rollout for young children, and the relaxation of other key mitigation measures such as masking and distancing. Furthermore, new federal funding provides school districts with the resources necessary to implement and sustain routine testing programs through the coming school year, although many will require practical guidance and hands-on assistance to implement routine testing in school settings. This report is based on the Rockefeller Foundation's K-12 Testing Protocol Demonstration Project. This demonstration project included six sites (Rhode Island; Los Angeles, CA; Louisville, KY; New Orleans, LA; Tulsa, OK; Washington, DC) partnering with Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Johns Hopkins University to implement routine COVID-19 testing in 335 schools across the country between September 2020 and June 2021. These pilot sites administered nearly 200,000 COVID-19 tests, including many of the 140,000 BinaxNOW tests that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided sites as well as other rapid antigen and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests procured by state officials or school districts themselves. It found that routine testing can be highly effective at reducing within-school COVID-19 transmission, with some testing strategies completely eliminating transmission. But to sustain successful routine testing programs, schools will require the ongoing support of community leaders to retain trust in and enthusiasm for testing as well as coordinated guidance and resources from state and national education and public health authorities.
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