Participation rates for primary and secondary education held fairly steady through the pandemic

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Source: Author calculation from CDCR administrative data.

NOTES: N=248,271 first-in-year releases without a pre-existing high school credential. Adult basic education (ABE) programs map onto primary school grade levels: ABE I spans kindergarten through third grade; ABE II fourth through sixth grade; and ABE III covers seventh and eighth grades. People can participate in more than one program during a prison stay.