some differences by racial and ethnic groups emerging in its data it was too early to draw conclusionsandre pecina assistant superintendent of student services at golden plains unified school district in san joaquin california said his district has scrambled to stem learning loss by issuing devices to all of its students but the district continues to struggle with connectivity for students at homestudents who are typically 15 grades behind are now two grades behind he saidweve really just gone back to the basics where were focusing on literacy and math thats all we do pecina saidi feel like were trying our best he said our students are engaged but its not optimal the learning environment is not optimal