Home and school factors associated with math trajectories before and after COVID-19 in Ghana

While the COVID-19 pandemic had well-documented short-term consequences for children's learning, less is known about longer-term academic trajectories. Using a longitudinal sample of Ghanaian children (2015-2024; N = 2,901; Mages = 5.1-13.2 years; 49.3% female), this study employed a piecewise latent growth curve approach to examine math trajectories before, during, and after the pandemic and examined whether 6 risk and protective factors explained interindividual variability in trajectories. Fi