“Ron DeSantis had more learning loss during COVID" in Florida than California did.”
What PolitiFact found
A McKinsey study found that California test scores fell enough to lose an average of 9 weeks, compared with 12 for Florida. That put California slightly below the 12-week national average and Florida slightly above it.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Gavin Newsom (governor of California) made this claim around 30 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 December 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “One study found this”.
Gavin Newsom has 14 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.